The Saint Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today's Mystery: Simon Templar is drawn into a dangerous mystery when Alice Parks asks for his help after her fiancé, Marvin Hickerson, disappears under suspicious circumstances. Marvin, a private investigator with a complicated case on his hands, has become entangled with a group of people involved in a dangerous scheme. As the Saint begins following the clues, he discovers that money, deception, and a murder may all be connected. With powerful people determined to keep the truth hidden, Simon must use his wits to uncover what really happened before the mystery turns deadly.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar
• Leslie Banning
• Maggie Morley
• Victor Rodman
• Edmund MacDonald
• Herb Vigran
• Bill Tracy
• Bonnie Phillips.

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Today's Mystery: Simon Templar becomes involved in a murder mystery after discovering a dead man named Marsh. When a photograph that could provide an important clue goes missing, the Saint sets out to discover who killed Marsh and why someone is so determined to keep the picture from being found. Simon's investigation leads him through a dangerous trail of deception as he searches for the missing photograph and the truth behind the murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 26, 1950.

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar
• Joan Banks as Valerie Marsh
• Lamont Johnson as Pete Bryan
• Helen Parrish as Sally Blair
• Ken Christie as Lieutenant Riley
• Anna Hurley as Graves, the butler
• Larry Dobkin as Louie

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Today's Mystery: Simon Templar tries to help Tommy Patrick, a prisoner who claims someone has repeatedly tried to kill him and then escapes before Simon can speak with him. Searching for the reason Tommy has been marked for death leads Simon to Tommy’s sister Nancy, a powerful nightclub owner, and questions about the robbery that sent Tommy to prison three years earlier.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1950.

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar
• Peggy Webber as the landlady
• Sheldon Leonard as Frank
• Victor Rodman as Farrelly
• Peter Leeds as Sam
• Dick Crenna as Tommy Patrick
• Fred Shields as the Warden
• Larry Dobkin as Louie
• Dick Powell, writer
• Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint
• James L. Saphier, producer
• Helen Mack, director
• Don Stanley, announcer

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Today's Mystery: The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1950.

Originating from Hollywood

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar / The Saint
• Peggy Webber
• Gloria McMillan
• Maggie Morley
• Ted Osborne
• Theodore von Eltz
• Larry Dobkin
• Don Stanley, announcer

Script by Dick Powell

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Today's Mystery: Simon Templar agrees to help Wendy Brown, who fears the return of Harry Morgan, a notorious criminal she double-crossed before he fled the country. When a former prizefighter with advance knowledge of Morgan’s arrival is murdered, Simon begins to suspect there is more behind Morgan’s homecoming than a simple quest for revenge.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint
• Joan Banks as Wendy Brown
• Larry Dobkin as Louie
• Paul Frees as Sammy
• Ed Max as the bartender
• Barney Phillips as Kerrigan
• Tony Barrett as Marlowe
• Written by Louis Vittes
• Directed by Helen Mack
• A James L. Saphier production

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Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves asking the Saint to pose as her husband. Her tangled romantic history soon draws Simon into an increasingly peculiar mystery, where people—and even a snowman—have a habit of disappearing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

• Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint
• Script by Louis Vittes
• Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris

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Today's Mystery: When Simon Templar finds a lost Pekingese and follows her home, he walks straight into a wealthy family's uproar over a missing fortune in jewels. A suspicious butler, an argumentative family, and a precocious young would-be detective soon leave The Saint wondering how a simple good deed became such a complicated affair.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Barry Sullivan as The Saint; Myra Marsh; Tom Tully; Ted Osborne; Lamont Johnson; Jeffrey Silver; Lawrence Dobkin

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Today's Mystery: When an eccentric woman asks Simon Templar to investigate the ghost that has been haunting her wealthy brother, the Saint expects to expose a harmless superstition. Instead, he finds himself unraveling a murder, a missing safe deposit box key, and a web of deception in which nearly everyone seems to be searching for the same elusive prize.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 17, 1950

Originating from HollywoodCast:

• Barry Sullivan as Simon Templar, The Saint (substituting for Vincent Price)
• Also featuring Ann Doran, Lurene Tuttle, Jack Moyles, Larry Dobkin, and Parley Baer
• Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris
• Directed by Helen Mack
• Music composed and conducted by Van Dexter
• Produced by James L. Saphier
• Announced by Don Stanley

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Today's Mystery: After a wrong turn leaves Simon Templar and taxi driver Louie dining at a lonely roadside restaurant, a flat tire leads them to discover a corpse in the trunk of Louie's cab. When the body mysteriously disappears, the Saint sets out to uncover the truth behind the "Happy Hamburger."

Original Radio Broadcast: September 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint. Also featuring Louise Erickson, Noreen Gammill, Arthur Q. Bryan, Dave Light, and Larry Dobkin as Louie. 

Written by Louis Vittes. Music composed and conducted by Van Dexter. 

Directed by Helen Mack.

Announced by Don Stanley.

Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris. A James L. Saphier production.

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Today's Mystery: Simon Templar investigates rumors that a minor league baseball team is about to throw an important game. His inquiry leads him to a beautiful woman, a dangerous fixer, and a young pitching phenom whose promising career may be destroyed before he ever reaches the major leagues.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 17, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint

Also featuring Gloria Blondell, Jack Moyles, Hal March, Ed Max, Bob Clark, and Larry Dobkin

Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris Written by Dick Powell

Music composed and conducted by Van Dexter, Directed by Helen Mack Produced by James L. Saphier

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