History Film / TheSaintLiesInWait

It starred Creator/JeanMarais as Simon Templar, Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse, Creator/JessHahn as Hoppy Uniatz, Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier, Henri Virlojeux as Oscar Chartier and Raffaella Carrà as Anita Pavone.

* ShoutOut: In Sicily, Sophie finds the place so boring that "Even Franchise/JamesBond would go unemployed".

* TheAce: Simon Templar is so good at getting anywhere he wants that he's TheDreaded to people like Slimane. The Saint doesn't even need to use violence given how he scares the shit out of Slimane.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Simon's attire in the first 15 minutes or so rivals that of [[Series/TheAvengers John Steed]].

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Some of the Italian spoken in the film is genuine, and some of it is just padding rubbish.

* ComedicSpanking: Simon spanks Sophie at one point, for she is quite an annoying brat.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophie is, to put it plainly, a pain in the butt to Simon.

Oscar Chartier is an international scammer who sells false informations to West German and American secret services during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, until the day he gets exposed and caught. His friend, British adventurer Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint", has sworn to protect his daughter Sophie.

** Anita Pavone pretending the guy who just left her bedroom in underwear was giving her a lesson of "physical education".

** Anita Pavone pretending the guy who just left her room in underwear was giving her a lesson of "physical education".

It starred Creator/JeanMarais as Simon Templar, Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse, Creator/JessHahn as Hoppy Uniatz, Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier, Henri Virlojeux as Oscar Chartier and Raffaella Carrà as Mrs Anita Pavone.

* {{Brainwashed}}: Chartier is brainwashed by the Germans with hypnosis circles with seamless loops... [[IdiotBall while all they wanted was to torture him to get the location of the money he swindled out of them]]. He has forgotten who he is and who his daughter and friend are, and his IQ is now close to that of a toddler.

It starred Creator/JeanMarais as Simon Templar, Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse, Creator/JessHahn as Hoppy Uniatz, Danièle Evenou as Sophie Chartier, Henri Virlojeux as Oscar Chartier and Raffaella Carrà as Mrs Anita Pavone, .

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Uniatz, who crushes the old Agatino's hand and destroys a chair by sitting on it.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Simon's attire in the first 15 minutes or so would rival that of [[Series/TheAvengers John Steed]].

--->'''Tonio:''' My God, don't let them do this to me! I never spoke to the ''Carabinieri''!

* TheAce: Simon Templar is so good at getting anywhere he wants and stealing what he wants that he's TheDreaded to people like Slimane. The Saint doesn't even need to use violence given how he scares the shit out of Slimane.

''The Saint Lies in Wait'' (''Le Saint prend l'Affût'' in French) is a 1966 French {{spy|fiction}} comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and written by Jean Ferry. It is (rather loosely) based on Leslie Charteris' ''Literature/TheSaint''.

Oscar Chartier is an international scammer who sells false informations to West German and American secret services during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, until the day he gets caught. His friend, British adventurer Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint", has sworn to protect his daughter Sophie.

-->'''Tonio:''' I can't die now, I have guests at home!
-->'''Gangster:''' We're gonna smash the door if you don't come!
-->'''Tonio:''' My God, don't let them do this to me! I never spoke to the ''Carabinieri''!
-->'''Other gangster:''' Don't talk about God like that! You know well he's in the Mafia too!