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net. Well, now we turned to the Tom Conway era. Conway takes
over as the Saint for the rest of the episodes. Remaining longtime listeners of
the show, we'll remember that he followed Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, so
he had a bit of a history of taking on hard acts to follow.
He was decent in his homes. We'll see how he does as the Saint.
Probably his biggest claim to fame was as the Falcon. He played that
role in nine films, succeeding his brother George Sanders, who had played the
role for three films. Sanders also had played the Saint and was probably the
best of the film saints. One other fun fact about Tom Conway. Tim
Conway was actually named Thomas Conway. However, he changed his name to Tim
when he came to Hollywood as not to be confused with Tom Conway, even
though at that point Tom Conway's career was kind of in the Twilight At any
rate. Here now from May the twenty seventh of nineteen fifty one is the
children's Crusade The Adventures of the Saint, starring Tom Conway, a Saint based
on characters created by Leslie Chatteris and known to millions from books, magazines,
and motion pictures. The robin Hood of Modern Crime now comes transcribe to radio,
starring Hollywood's brilliant and talented actor Tom Conway as the Saint. Running going,
mister Tanker. Yes, and you, of course are mistrid. Please
come in. Thank you. It was also nice if you'd let me come
and see you. I suppose it pretty hysterical on the phone. And sit
down, miss get Rich and tell me about it. Mister Templer, my
fiance is going to be killed, and no one will believe me. Why
won't we believe yours? Because there are men and men know everything, especially
policeman, and I'm just a historical girl who should go home and forget all
about it and let him be killed. Even though I'm a man, I
might believe you. No, you won't believe you either. Wich will be
nice about mister Templer. What do you do when the police won't help and
you're having got money for a private detective and Bill won't even help himself.
No, he's a man named Simon Temper, and you'll tell him about it?
Than what about Bill? He's Bill for others. He's an instructor and
Antetam military account. I'm a secretary here Antietam a large school. No,
it's rather small. Bill and I are both employed by Major Jackson. He
the school. And what makes you think Bill is in danger? Yesterday morning
I found the suna's desk. He refused to talk about it. He left
me. Mister Trench, I'm sorry, it's just it. Answer you to
William S. Ruthers first TWEU Tenant Infantry Reserve subject finding of Courts Martial one,
having been duly tried this State Brie General Court for grave and serious offenses
committing in violation of the Articles of War, lieutenantor Ruthers is here by Judge
guilty. Two. It is the sentence of this Court that Lieutenant to Ruthers
be remanded to custody until such dimers punishment may be carried out. That punishment
is death, dated two days ago. You see the punishment is death.
I think you're worried about nothing. My dear boys at military school have to
develop a slight, big statistic sense of humor. I thought it was that
too until last night. Bill and I were walking on the parade ground when
there was a shot, a rifle shot. It just grazed him, knocked
his hat off. But someone want to kill him. It wasn't just an
accident, certainly it was an accident. Somebody writes a crazy letter to Bill
telling him they're going to kill him and then they shoot at him with a
rifle, and and everyone would some hysterical girl can see that it's just an
accident. I'm silent. I had to make sure. Sorry too. I
guess I should be doing where? Back to the school? Where else?
I'll go with you? Why? Because I believe you want to help Bill?
Reason enough? Thank you. I'd feel younger to call miss Simon.
Major Jackson's office is right over here side who goes there? You know who
goes there? Jimmy and put that gun down advanced and give the counter sign.
I've forgotten the countersign and let us buy Well, all right, miss
Kittridge, but you're supposed to know the counter sign. Good work, Sndrian.
I don't see that this comes to their attention. You'll CEO. Thank
you, sir. You run a pretty g I camp here, Yes,
the Major's well, you'll see. Here's this office. Shall I go in
with you? I don't manage things you go to build. I want to
talk to him next. Good luck, Come in, Major Jackson. My
name is Simon Templer. I wanted to talk to you. Hello. We'll
see it was a Templer of the third Infantry at BFC Harrol Goldbrey not the
same one. Oh, really, come in, come in, templer,
No, thank you? Oh what is it? Oh SUTs templer just a
nasting habit, a civilian habit. We're not interested in excuses here, templom
I'll be modern results. Remember that. Yes, sir, Nature, I'm
here about Bill Carrudders. It's fiance. He's an idea, he's in danger.
Who and Kittridge? You are secretary? I z e? From what?
Templom from flying bullets? Major? He received this letter yesterday and was
shot at on the break ground last night. Let me see, having been
duly tried to stay, he could be an honor large is a little narrow,
though, any idea who might have sent that major? Or who shot
at Carruddas this is a matter of a G two temper, not a command
matter at all? Or to G two, who's he allowing to our budget
being in the hands of civilians? Template? We don't have a G two.
Try to run an efficient post without intelligent reports? Template. He'll try
it on yes, when I have a free day. Yeah, sure you
weren't with the third invatry. I'm quite sure a major this letter you test
spread It came from somewhere, and last night a shot kingdom somewhere. Well,
Temperor, I have forty five troops here in the mic man ig spirited
all them tin open morale Hesi Randam wants to sign all the corrods is killed.
Who senior line officers can take care of themselves? Have you talked came
yet? Not yet? No, we'll do so organized. Your activity Temper
is op. Call on me at any time. Civilians should get the noise
better. And Tina Military Academy is first, last, and foremost of the
democratic institution. You see us the boy, we send you back messing with
us? Temper, not any more than I have to. Oh eating would
you as some other time? Major, I want to see cords well,
come around any time, enlisted Man's message for Oh, of course, Let's
see you at the PX. Major, Simon, i'd like you to know
Bill. Bill, this is Simon Temper. I'm glad to know your temper.
How'd you do? I appreciate you coming out here, but Anne,
shouldn't you don't mind being shot? Well? I please do, Temper.
I don't question your motives. But Anne, I told you expressing you to
keep this thing to yourself. It's nothing, nothing to me that you're in
terrible dangerous Anne. And would you mind if I talk with temper alone just
for a minute. Of course, not Bill. You'll call me when you
threw, I'll call you Anne. Of course I am Templary. You're the
saint, don't you. Yes, well then I can. I can trust
you. There might be something in this Templar In spite of what I said
to Anne, I I don't quite know if this is it, but well,
quite some time ago I fell in love with the mother of one of
the Cadets series, the Cadet Captain head of the class, Stephen Anderson.
Are you and missus Anderson? Si? No, it didn't last I don't
want to excuse myself, but Vivian's a beautiful woman's he has too much money,
too much leisure, too little maturity. She came here to see Stephen.
That's how it started. It didn't last long, but you think Stephen
found out? He may have. And he's a peculiar kid, brilliant,
neurotically attached to his mother in spite of the fact that she almost never finds
time for him. Father died years ago. Kids that age fourteen, they
get funny ideas about things sometimes. Yeah, I'd got to have a talk
with him. Would he be capable of actually shooting at you? I don't
know. I guess I deserved it any place else they let him mate come
from? Well then no, no, it's nothing, seriously, it's not
important. Sure, sure, all right, but I can go walking on
a break ground to night. Cordis not until this is cleared up. Yeah,
yeah, sure you'll find Stephen over in the Cadet barracks across the road
in sampler. Zanne need to know I wouldn't over. Doesn't that answer your
question? I guess that's close enough, Saint. Thanks, Eddies Man,
that is welcome done, Eddies. Uh Stephen Anderson here, president, sir?
Oh are you Stephen? My name is Simon Temper, Yes, sir.
Any place here we can talk in reasonable privacy the company day room,
Sir, at the end of the barracks squad lead the way after you,
sir. In here, sir, fine and Stephen, would you do me
a favor and leave off a few of the sas. All right, Stephen,
I'm going to ask you a few questions that perhaps I have no business
ask me, but I hope you will answer about Bill Carruthers lieutenant. He's
not in the army, that's his title. Sir, all right, do
you have a grudge against Stephen I Wilson. You didn't write him a letter
of recent thing? I it Major Jackson sand you No, No, you
didn't. Then I can't answer any questions. I'm going to calling your mother,
Stephen dog. I think she'll like you, but you won't. Yes,
sir Stephen, are you happy here? Yes, sir? That also,
I hope that's all Stephen. Yes, missus Anderson, you might call
me that. Yes, all of that summer time ago, and we'll discuss
it. My name is Simon Temper, missus. It's too complicated. Really
make it vivian and sit down. Thank you, Simon Temper. So you're
the saying Auntie on occasion now interesting to meet you, would they say like
a Jane, Oh no, thanks, I came about Stephen. Nothing's happened
to me. I just wanted to know if you seeming recently Whisner ridiculous,
Simon, but I should have a son fourteen years old, astonishing? Have
you seen him recently? No? Albody writes regularly. Of course he's very
good about it. But you haven't seen him. Did you know that someone
came very close to killing Bill Carrolls last night? Bill? Whatever? The
poor boys are horrible, Dan to have been killing the little explana. Oh,
you don't think it's Steven? Because of Bill and I I'm trying to
find out. Has there been anything in Steven's letters to indicate what he's thinking?
No, no, I don't think so. Lately they'd been full of
something big. It's going to happen at the school. But he didn't say
what. Certainly not well, well not there what was going to happen?
Did he give him a date tomorrow? I think it's nothing. You know
how children are. They get one thing on their mind, they can't get
it out. Some adults are the same way, just occasionally. You don't
think I'm a very nice person. You know something sad? I ply all
of a sudden, I plevyly, you really do. I don't know.
I've been a hypocrite for so long. I don't even know myself if this
is a change of heart of just a new approach. Said, but it's
not the sad, Taman, it's terrible. Excuse me, yeah, yeah,
sn you're sure my hearing so good? Sam in spite of my age.
Hello, Fimon, I found you? And how did you know I
was here? I knew all about Bill and vision months ago. He's gone,
sounds gone. Where I'm gonna go? I don't know. He's not
his room, he's not anywhere around the school. Keep looking in I'll be
right there. It's not Stephens de timent Bill was missing. I hope it's
not Stephen, but if it is, seven to fine boy. He took
out to his father. Thank you for coming, Simon, thank you?
Any chase a Billiard? No, no, I've been phoning everywhere I could
think it, but no, Lot. Why did he have to be so
so hit strong, soilon? Why did anyone else have to know anything?
Good? Bill? Why couldn't he stay in his room? Villian spoke with
Frinston Stephen's letters that something big was about to happen, something was serious tomorrow.
I've had a feeling it's something that's going to happen. If you didn't
know what, I don't know. Imagine it feels this way in prison,
that before a jailed place. The school is like a prison anyway, night
Foma's movie, Major Jackson, have you seen Bill? He's gone gone,
b. He's got an off post passion. So long as he's here reveling.
Do you think Bill is in considerable things? At Major? I wonder
if you would help think up at the parade round God and let us stay
here post the phone. All right, coming Major, always take a walk?
What HAPs this is when I do my planning, fire planning, secret
of any campaign? Tell me about it is with good nature? U,
this is the right direction for fred ground. Get ahead. You've got a
bad marching step temple. How you get your basic printing to be be but
patrol d beave ever drove nature. If anything concerning the school or its personnel
was happening tomorrow, you would know about it tomorrow. Oh yeah, yeah,
good foot locker inspection tomorrow. That's that's like it. There seems to
be an underpurned to something here nature, something that's coming to a head tomorrow.
Whatever it is tomorrow, Well, there's no reason to worry about Corolla's
denight it? Perhaps? I hope not. Yeah, that's the bread ground.
You have my flashlight temploment. You can start from this end and work
toward it that end of the So his day, Laurie Qui last sound of
years at night lowly and in all his barracas. Major, look over there
in the beam of the night, brothers, come on, Yes, corrathers
chopped through the head. He's a fine soldier, Chember, he died a
soldier's death. Major, he was murdered. Don't worry, I'm commanding officer.
The enemy will not escape. Well, why don't you make of it,
depended? I don't know. I don't know. Say somebody killed for
others last night, but who everybody's got an alibi? Why don't you got
mixed up with them? An nice easy husband and wife killing sometimes number I
wanted to have another goat with two kids live, Dinny might as well.
They looked scared and looked like they're covering up the who hasn't tell about shots
last year? Mandy Anderson kid Jimmy diddies in bed. There's a weird affermosphere
and that's plased Amason. Something beneath the surface. You can see from the
kids, an almost unbearable tension. Yeah, maybe their kids will whacked up
the start with Russ sat down Anderson yesterday. Ah, that's for all this
story with Yay. The brothers was found at eleven last night. Who was
shot around ten? Where were you, Anderson? Steve would with Meeson,
i'mout asking you, Anderson, where were you? Cad that duty, sir
actor seeing close order drill bose orders that Stephen, you don't to your mother
about something happening today, something big? What was it? I don't remember,
sir, Jimmy, I don't remember either year. I don't know anything
about it. You do, say you when you have Major Jackson's house at
ten last night? He was home, Yes, sir, yes, sir.
What do you think of Major Jackson? Stephen. He's a great man,
very great man. It's a military genius. Someday you'll he's a great
man someday. I was what he said, Jimmy, Yes, sir.
Anything you want to tell us? This isn't just a military school prompt with
pay men. You know, a man's been filled. I don't know anything
soon, all right? So all right, so German, I pay the
chids, but don't leave the ground. You don't will find it? Yes,
and Yesice, well I don't right it say these kids aren't right kids?
They yeses and nurses and they know something. And there's that schooling whether
somebody said, and there's that feeling of something about to happen. Yes,
we're sitting on something, Lieutenant, something so close we can't see it,
or so strange we can't believe it. Bride says, shots out of all
of the dead rifles, saying, I'm going down to ballistics now, or
what the results? What's good it will do us? They can't come along
might as well, but this case doesn't taste one the deformatives of a bullet.
Johnson rests on the dilormatis of a human mind, and they are not
so easily discovered. Yeah, there's no success for that, but time,
saying, let's hope we have enough of it. Simon, are coming coming.
I'm so glad you came, Simon. I don't get sprightened. Glad
you came because I've had the city here all day to be a good look
at my s terrifying. You haven't seen Stephen. I phone this morning,
but I wouldn't let me come out. What did you say to your son?
Yes, sir, No, sir made it a little difficult to tell
what is on his mind. Stephen has been unhappy. I'm responsible, boy
should have a home father. I tacked him off to a school. I
didn't know anything about because I was too busy to share for him what the
top at all? I couldn't even keep my hospital ends off his instructor.
Now those dead for Stephen Vigin. I wanted to see those letters from Stephen
the spoke of there. Maybe through there I got another one today was hand
and nicity couldn't make much sense out of it. What did it say?
For a long rambling thing about how they condets to those Virginia Military Institute left
her classes to march after the battle in the Civil War and turn the tide
of battle to the south. Now where does he get these things? Go
on? What else do you say? Oh? It was incoherent, almost
all about the corruption of our society, our enemies within, and how the
country has been waiting for a strong man to show them the way. Who's
been talking to him? I should have known? Last rejected confused boys looking
for her father hero Simon. No matter wanted Chelsen, they follow It doesn't
have to make sense. It just has to be a fan of his assurance
to little work fairsome at school. But we'll never hope to be on time.
We've got to be on time. Oh, hello, away, Hello,
missus Sanderson. Where are the boys? And they're they're all on the
parade grounds with full packs and equipment. And mycle, there's a special intention.
Yeah, it's very special. And well, do please phone the police
the PA. Yes, I'm waiting here for them. Vian, I need
you, but it might be dangerous. I don't care. I don't care.
Come on to see you any sooner than you have already TI proser Okay,
y all have your honest there's all the numbers without pursat. I be
right at my boss, the telegraph, a friends, the hours. No
one away interject you. Oh are you here to join us? Not quite?
Major, Will you dismiss your company? So wild, I must have
a talk with you. No, no, no, I can't talk to
you. No, I don't see. There isn't time. I've tay these
boys for months. They magnificent because of me, you understand, because of
me. I don't think my man, that's what Promise thought. So you
have to kill him early, having to expose our plans for the enemy,
and I have to take us. You don't think I've had somebody appear with
a dream of my life. The dream is over. Major, No,
no, you have no troops. He's a boy. Are you of Northern
Virginia's ben Boys like these? They lift the best of Grand Cotrol. Open
your eyes, maker, this isn't eighteen sixty one. This is nineteen fifty
one. Safely and the times are right for a man on the possible positively,
the shame of back. This country doesn't need a man on post backs.
That's what I've been booty for a thirty rifles trained on you. Now
standers, come out here with you, said, other men. Listen to
me. I published with the list. See this country is waiting for you.
Don't listen to anybody else. They'll tell your lies about me. Look
at him, boys, see him for what he is. No hero,
a dangerous fanatic, a man with a sick mind. Put down your guy,
all right, I've been troop patient with you. I'm all in my
troops to fire. This is what troops of isolation. They aren't going to
buy antre take the boys back to the bad extension. Yes, and we
were really good to follow them. We weren't just shot anybody. Really,
I don't know what got into it the times we live. Engineer Wilder schemes
have been believed in by oath and wilder people. I'm along atre has has
right, but almost lad, I guess we'll never really know. You have
a listening to another transcribe adventure of the Saint Robin Hood of modern Crime.
Allah, here's our star Tom Conaway. Ladies and gentlemen, may I have
your attention for a very important to me. I say it's important to cause
during that minute, someone somewhere is going to be injured in an automotive accident.
Unbelievable as it seems, a many contractic accidents exactly clothed more than one
castle. They every minute. Last year, thirty two thousand were killed,
one million were injured, and in almost every single case it was discovered that
one or more violations of the Tratic law were involved. That's the fact.
I want you to remember the fact that the moment's carelessness, a moment's flaunting
of the law, might bring trantity to you. So many of us believed
that tratic accidents always happened something else. First year's systems thought that way and
sold today tomorrow. Perhaps there would be no vusting if only would be realized
the Tratic act each aspect to every one of us, So obey the Lord
of the road, whether you're a driver or the destrim guard against the being
of the Steve drink and skre remember that it can happen to you. The
care Cha may say, good life, and that life maybe your own.
This is Tom Conway invited me to join us again next speak at the same
time for another exciting adventure of the Saint. Good Night. The Light script
of the Saint was written by The Power. Our cast to Live included Michael
and Barrett as Anne and Betty Lugerson as Vivian. The major was played by
John Dry Herbellas played Bill Carrothers, Edmund McDonald, Lucanna Thompson, Stephen and
Jenny were Tommy Cook and Bobby Ellis. The Saint, based on characters created
by Leslie Chatteris, is a James L. Safire production and is elected by
Helen Matt Dohn. Conway is soon to be seen in the Warner Brothers production
of Gold Diggers in Las Vegas. All New Saint fans will be glad to
know that the Saint Comics book sal on sale at all newsstands. Go and
answer Eddie Kings, enjoy the very bed Radio like the very best medial Morning,
Noon, and Night is from this station Morning and Night. And this
is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. This is Andrew J. Graham,
author of the web surface series Oh and a Man of His Wife. You're
listening to the great detectives of old time radio. Welcome back. Well,
it's important with this new Saint not to compare to Vincent Price and how Price
would have done it on its own merits. It was a good performance in
many ways. It reminded me of Herbert Marshall in The Man called X.
The Major was a bit over the top. I mean, honestly, the
guy who was killed kind of was suspicious of the wrong person. Because if
I'm working at a military academy and my boss is the major, I'm not
gonna be suspicious of the kid whose mother had once dated. I'd be much
concerned with the instructor with delusions of grandeur. But at any rate, we
do turn to some listener comments and feedback. Brian comments love the Saint with
Vincent Price. It will be sad to see this series end. Sadder to
hear the last Vincent Price show. I actually watched a few of the TV
show. It was British and didn't hold a candle to the radio series to
me that it depends on which series that you've seen. I like the Roger
Moore series, the black and White one. I haven't seen the Color ones
yet. The Simon Dutton series, I've saw one and I'm not interested in
seeing more. But thanks for the comment, and definitely we mis Vincent Price
and it was such a pleasure to be able to hear his talents and what
he was able to bring to the program. Douglas had a comment regarding the
title Fishes Gotta Eat Episode sixteen forty one. I liked the show and the
episode was okay, but the title was a bit unfortunate. Definitely understand where
you're coming there from there, Douglas, and thanks so much for the comment.
All right, Well, that we'll do it for today. Join us
back here tomorrow for the Adventures of Ellery Queen, and we will be back
on Monday with another episode of The Saint with Tom Conway. In the meantime,
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