The Loaded Tourist

Episode aired Nov 1, 1962
49m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

268

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Simon witnesses a murder and finds himself in the midst of a mystery involving a faithless wife and smuggled jewels.Simon witnesses a murder and finds himself in the midst of a mystery involving a faithless wife and smuggled jewels.Simon witnesses a murder and finds himself in the midst of a mystery involving a faithless wife and smuggled jewels.

Director
- Jeremy Summers
Writers
- Leslie Charteris
- Richard Harris
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

268

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jeremy Summers
Writers
- Leslie Charteris
- Richard Harris
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The episode features the first aircraft a Boeing 707 that offered Jet service from the U.S. to France. Boeing delivered N711PA to Pan American on 17 October 1958. The airliner was named Clipper America, but was later renamed Clipper Mayflower. The Clipper America was scrapped in 1984 after 26 years in service mainly with the now defunct Pan American Airlines.

Goofs
(At about 45:00) Though supposedly in Geneva (Switzerland), when Simon looks at a train schedule, it is in English, for service between Chicago and Montreal.

Quotes
Simon Templar: If you take a guy with a well-developed sense of suspicion, give him a five-year course in how to make people blush, you know what you end up with? A Customs Inspector!

Soundtracks
Out to Get You
by Chris Andrews

User reviews4

Featured review

6/10

From Rome to Geneva

After unsuccessfully thwarting a murder, Simon agrees to help the victim's 16 year-old son, Alfredo, discover why his father was murdered and find those responsible. The trail leads to a stash of valuable jewelry and a surprise suspect.

Overall, The Loaded Tourist is a pretty standard episode. It's solid enough, but it's nowhere near as outstanding as some of the others. Once in Geneva, the episode moves at a good pace and held my interest throughout. Highlights include a con that Simon and Alfredo are able to pull on the killers. It's a treat watching as their plan unfolds. There are also a few plot twists near the end that really help make this one better than average. One of the weaker moments in The Loaded Tourist was, of all things, the murder scene. The staging of the murder and its aftermath (including the discovery of the missing briefcase) felt clumsy to me.

The supporting cast is a mixed bag in my eyes. Guy Deghy and Barbara Bates (what a tragic story) really stood out. Both are rock solid and work well with Moore. On the other end of the spectrum is Joseph Cuby as Alfredo. This kid got on my nerves right from the start. Sure, some of his suspicions were proven true, but did he have to be so whiny?

6/10