"The Saint" was a one hour British television series, which originally aired on Independent Television (ITV) in 1957. The program was based on the novels and stories written by Leslie Charteris from 1928 to 1963 featuring the character Simon Templar who was known as "The Saint". The series was usually set in Britain but sometimes in France. Simon Templar was a British gentleman who would help people in trouble using the skills of a secret agent. This episode is titled "Invitation to Danger" and was first broadcast on February 17, 1968. Simon Templar (Roger Moore) visits a British gambling casino and meets Reb Denning (Shirley Eaton), a good-looking blonde. He rescues her from a parking lot attacker and she takes him to a house where he is drugged. He awakes and finds the body of a CIA agent and takes a gold coin from him. The coin reappears a few times during the program. The gold coin is stated to be a British five-pound gold coin of Queen Victoria dated 1887. The coin in the program is no doubt a copy as a real coin is a collector's item and worth a lot of money.

Simon Templar is visiting a British gambling casino. He meets Rebecca "Reb" Denning and Marty Bresset, an American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) agent.

Reb is gambling but not really interested. She sees Simon and recognizes him. Marty implies that Reb is romantically interested in Simon.

Reb leaves the casino and goes to the basement parking lot, followed by Simon. A man attacks Reb and Simon fights him off. Reb thanks Simon and invites him to accompany her to a "party" at a house. At the house Simon is drugged and when he wakes up he encounters a man named Peter Rendo who is dying.

Peter warns Simon about something happening next Friday at midnight and dies. Simon searches Peter and finds a large gold coin.

Simon holds up the coin.

The coin is later stated to be a Britain Victorian five pound gold coin dated 1887.

Britain minted a series of gold coins in 1887 to celebrate the "Jubilee" or the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign.
The coins were 1/2 sovereign, one sovereign, two pounds, and five pounds and all used the same design with a new "Jubilee Head" bust of Queen Victoria wearing a crown and the long-used "St. George and the Dragon" on the reverse.
Britain continued to mint the 1/2 and one sovereign with the same design for the next five years.

Gold, 22.0 mm, 7.97 gm
Obverse: Victoria facing left
VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:
(Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith)
Reverse: St. George and the Dragon and date

Simon escapes from the house but after a chase is captured by the casino owner Brett Sunley and his men.

Brett accuses Simon of stealing 100,000 pounds and wants the money back. He visits Reb at her hotel room and finds her tied up, the casino men in the room, and the money. Guns are drawn and Simon suggests that the men take the money and leave. Simon lectures Reb on being stupid enough to steal money from a casino and then suggests continuing the conversation at a pub.

Reb claims to be a CIA agent working to find a stolen map. She claims that she and CIA agent Peter Rendo stole the money to keep the casino owner from purchasing the map. The waiter presents the bill for twelve shillings.

He includes the gold coin which the waiter returns and asks what is it.

Simon replies that it is a Victorian five pound piece.

Simon and Reb return to the casino to retrieve the map.

The seller of the map is with the casino men and after a fight Simon and Reb retrieve the map.

Simon and Reb return to her hotel room and Simon finds Marty there.

Simon pulls out the gold coin so that Marty can see it.

Simon explains that each month CIA agents change their identification items and that this month it was a gold coin. Since Reb and Marty did not recognize the coin they were not real CIA agents but simply committed a robbery. Simon and Marty draw guns followed by Reb and then Simon shoots.

Simon tells Reb that she will find prison gray quite depressing.

Roger Moore as Simon Templar
Shirley Eaton as Reb Denning
Robert Hutton as Brett Sunley
Warren Stanhope as Marty Bresset
Les Crawford as Peter Rendo
Director: Roger Moore
Writers: Leslie Charteris, Terry Nation