Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The show's third version, which began July 9, 1947, was limited to CBS' West Coast network. It ended June 30, 1948. [3] The sponsor was Lever Brothers. [5] Vincent Price starred in this version and in most of the show's episodes in the two versions that followed. [3] After a year's hiatus, The Saint returned to radio July 10, 1949—this time ...
The Saint franchise consists of European and American action-mystery thrillers, including film, radio, and television mediums.Based on the writings of Leslie Charteris, the plot centers around the titular vigilante investigator who operates outside the bounds of the law, under various disguises and aliases; commonly known as the moniker "the Saint".
The Saint comes face to face with drama in a bus shelter, which includes a sudden death, sabotage and a beautiful woman, Magda Vamoff (Dawn Addams) which leads him on a Blue Goose chase. The external shots show snow on the ground – no doubt from the cold winter of '62-'63.
The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. . After that date other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in
The Saint is a British crime television series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It was based on the literary character Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in the 1920s [2] and featured in many novels over the years. [2]
Return also made a recurring reference to the 1930s–40s film series, and the 1940s radio series that starred Vincent Price as Templar: just before the opening credits begin, a short musical phrase is heard that is not part of the theme music for the Return of the Saint, but is the character's signature theme from film and radio. Unlike the ...
The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Television, and Film was first published in 1992 and republished in 2003. Barer received a 1994 Edgar Award for the book. [1] In 2010, Barer began research on a second edition for McFarland and Co., expanding the time period from 1992 through 2013 to include everything about the character of Simon Templar.
The Saint (film series) (1938–1943), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders and Hugh Sinclair as Simon Templar; The Saint (radio program) (1944–1951), a radio program starring Vincent Price; The Saint (1948–1961), a long-running comic strip series; The Saint (1962–1969), a British television series starring Roger Moore