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The Saint

48 episodes · 1947–1951 · NBC, Mutual, CBS · Detective

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Leslie Charteris's gentleman adventurer Simon Templar came to radio in January 1945 and bounced between NBC, CBS and Mutual until October 1951. Edgar Barrier and Brian Aherne played him first; Vincent Price took over in July 1947 and played him in most of the surviving shows, with Tom Conway and Barry Sullivan filling in briefly. Charteris supervised the scripts himself. Sponsors came and went: Bromo-Seltzer, Campbell Soups, Lever Brothers and finally Ford.

Sources: The Saint (radio program), Wikipedia

Episodes

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1947

• A Gangster District Attorney October 15, 1947 · CBS · 28 min
  The Saint goes after the man who killed a G-man, turning down $5,000 to leave town, and the trail leads to the district attorney.
• Nineteen Santa Clauses (1947) December 24, 1947 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1948

• The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head (1948) May 26, 1948 · Mutual · 24 min
  A chatty cab driver, a blonde who throws her arms around the Saint, and amnesia. She's also wanted for murder.

1949

• The Saint Goes Underground July 31, 1949 · Mutual · 24 min
  Out West, the Saint helps a blonde with her newly acquired silver mine, despite warnings to leave town.
• Greed Causes Murder August 14, 1949 · Mutual · 24 min
  Gangsters want to buy an old man's car, which turns out to be worth $400,000.
• A Schizophrenic Psychiatrist September 18, 1949 · Mutual · 24 min
  Murders on an ocean liner, and a color-blind killer.
• Unhappy Homocide November 6, 1949 · 24 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head (1949) November 13, 1949 · Mutual · 24 min
  A beautiful woman in San Francisco says she has amnesia. Has she lost her memory, or is she covering up a murder?
• Nineteen Santa Clauses (1949) December 25, 1949 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1950

• The Cake That Killed January 8, 1950 · Mutual · 25 min
  A taste for one particular cake leads the Saint into a double murder.
• Case of the Lonesome Slab January 22, 1950 · 28 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Sinister Sneeze June 11, 1950 · 28 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• A Sonata for Slayers June 18, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  A famous pianist is shot at the keyboard, and one of the suspects is Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Follow the Leader July 16, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  A strange woman, a puzzling kiss at a railroad station, and a man named Maxim who plans to kill Simon Templar.
• The Corpse Said Ouch August 6, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman visits the Saint in the middle of the night, and then a dead woman who looks just like her turns up wearing her coat.
• Dossier on a Damsel August 13, 1950 · 28 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Reflection on Murder August 20, 1950 · 26 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Cupid and the Corpse August 27, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
  A bookmaker is murdered, and a gangster is trying to take over a string of warehouses.
• The Baseball Murder September 3, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  An old ballplayer fears crooks are pressuring his son to throw a game.
• The Horrible Hamburger September 10, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
  After a bad dinner, a flat tire, and a body in the trunk.
• The Ghost That Giggled September 17, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  A man is haunted by a giggling ghost before he's found murdered, and a safe deposit key is missing.
• Dossier on a Doggone Dog September 24, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  The Saint returns a millionaire's lost Pekinese, and it leads to stolen jewels.
• It's Snow Use October 29, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
  A beautiful woman wants Simon Templar to marry her so that Charlie won't kill her, and a snowman that moves has a body inside.
• The Terrible Tintype November 26, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  Is the Saint holding a photograph that's being used for blackmail? He hasn't a clue, until the murders start.
• Martin Hickerson, Private Eye December 3, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  The Saint looks into a young private eye's sad run-in with a horse parlor sting.
• The Chiseling Chimpanzee December 10, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
  A monkey is murdered, and it leads the Saint to a human victim and a stolen jewel.

1951

• Ladies Never Lie...Much January 7, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A woman confesses to the Saint that she killed her husband, and then the husband walks in, alive. He's shot on the way out.
• Tuba or Not Tuba January 21, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A tuba player has disappeared, and the Saint and Louie the cab driver set out to find him.
• The Carnival Murder February 4, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  The Saint looks into trouble at the carnival for Mona, the Buried Alive Girl.
• The Bride Who Lost Her Groom February 11, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A very rich bride is left at the altar, and the Saint goes looking for the missing groom.
• Next of Kin February 18, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A visitor says a gangster thought dead is still alive, just before he's shot, and the clue leads to an eight-year-old girl who owns an Isotta Fraschini.
• The Big Swindle February 25, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A man with amnesia hires the Saint to find out who he is, and then a murder is made to look like suicide.
• The What-Not What Got Hot March 4, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A Victorian what-not leads to a murdered antique dealer, and Simon Templar's own furniture is stolen.
• Button, Button... March 11, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A frightened art dealer helps the Saint track Renaissance paintings smuggled out of Italy.
• The Birds and Bees of East Orange March 18, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  Why do three people keep borrowing the same strange book? There's a dead man in the bookstore.
• Formula for Death March 25, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A fat man, a missing brother, an atomic formula and a body or two.
• Simon Carries the Ivy April 1, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  Threatening letters are going around the campus of the Saint's old college, and murder follows.
• The Ghosts Who Came to Dinner April 8, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A stormy night, a haunted Long Island mansion, a 150-year-old butler, and a body in the closet.
• The Strange Bedfellows April 15, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
  The Saint frees the mayor's kidnapped son, and then the young man is found dead, apparently by his own hand.
• The Lady Who Leaned April 22, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A blonde pretends to be drunk, leans on the Saint, and takes his gun.
• Fishes Gotta Eat April 29, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  The Saint is hired to find a missing sailor, who turns up dead.
• Pin No Roses on My Corpse May 20, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A killer leaves a red rose on each victim. Vincent Price's last show as the Saint.
• The Children's Crusade May 27, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A frightened woman asks the Saint to protect her fiancé, a military academy instructor, who is later found shot. Tom Conway's first show as the Saint.
• The Girl with the Lower Berth June 3, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A man is shot dead on a train, and the question is who stole the stolen diamonds.
• Peter the Great June 24, 1951 · 25 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Death of a Cowboy July 1, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  The Saint goes along as bodyguard for a cowboy visiting the big city, and murder follows him from Chicago.
• Satan's Angels July 8, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A trombonist in an all-girl orchestra has disappeared, and X-rays provide the clue.
• No, My Darling Daughter July 15, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
  A rich old woman hires the Saint to keep her daughter away from gangsters, and after a murder, the old woman confesses.