What makes the movie both unusual and a compelling vehicle for Kilmer is how eccentric Simon really is, beginning with his backstory – a grim number about cruelty inflicted at a Catholic orphanage, ...

Now Simon wants to know why. A pretty thief's murdered after telling the Saint he's been paid to steal documents for blackmail purposes, by a villain known as the Scorpion. Templar follows the ...

The Saint has ... king', and Simon joins her, posing as a beggar. He's taken to a hostel run by a kindly American who's a friend of a philanthropic contessa, but It's up to Templar to unmask ...