The Saint Lies in Wait (French: Le Saint prend l'affût, Italian: Il santo prende la mira) is a 1966 French-Italian comedy crime film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean Marais, Jess Hahn and Jean Yanne. It is an adaptation of a french only SimonTemplar novel Le Saint prend l'affût (1960), credited to Leslie Charteris, but in fact ghostwritten. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Mandaroux. At the time the British television series The Saint starring Roger Moore was at the height of its popularity.
Simon Templar is staying at a Scottish castle with his friend Hoppy Uniatz, but is called into action when another friend Oscar Chartier involves him in a complex scheme to steal secret documents. His adventures take him to Paris and Sicily and he becomes the protector of Oscar's daughter Sophie.
The film was known under the title The Saint Lies in Wait (USA), ' (Italy), ' (West Germany), ' (Portugal).
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais. A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare was skidding a Renault Floride S convertible for a twilight scene on a new patch of freeway when its back axle snapped rolling him and his passengers into a barrier. He was mortally injured when he struck his head on the windscreen. The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.