The Saint

The Saint, the "Robin Hood of Modern Crime," made his debut in The Saint Meets the Tiger in 1928, a novel in which Simon Templar pursues a smuggler and meets Patricia Holm, who becomes his inamorata and partner in the early Saint stories. Templar has little regard for the law and much regard for justice, being quite willing to break the law to right a wrong or ensnare the wicked.

The novel was a commercial success and led the author, Leslie Charteris, to write a long-running series of novels, novelettes, and short stories over a span of decades. The success of the writings led to movies, radio, and television; the most Saintly broadcast adaption was likely the 1960s television series starring Roger Moore. In deference to the tender sensitivities of the Miss Grundys of the time, the broadcast and film adaptations tended to play down the Saint's more lawless tendencies.

In the radio shows in this collection, Vincent Price portrays the Saint, who, often unwillingly, finds himself drawn into having to rescue the victimized or solve a crime. Price's Saint is wryly witty and completely unflappable. He is often joined in the escapades by the wise-cracking and somewhat timid Louie, his favorite cab driver.

For more information, see the Saint website.

Series description provided by Frank Bell.