The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast Date:
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar, Jeff Chandler
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.2 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you |
| 0:39.3 | this week's episode of the saint. But first, our listener support campaign continues. You can |
| 0:45.3 | become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month. Just go to |
| 0:51.2 | patreon.com. Greatdetactives.net. |
| 0:54.6 | I want to welcome our latest Patreon supporter, |
| 0:57.3 | Burke, supporting the podcast at the Shamas level of $4 or more per month. |
| 1:03.1 | Now, I think one of the most natural things when you think about |
| 1:07.6 | Vincent Price playing the saint is to associate it to MBC in 1950 and |
| 1:14.6 | 1951. And really, that's where the bulk of the recordings come from. But Vincent Price's time |
| 1:22.0 | playing Simon Templar actually began back in 1947 over Cannex Radio in Los Angeles. |
| 1:30.4 | Play the role for 51 weeks, of which we only have one episode available. |
| 1:35.9 | So here from October 15, 1947, is a case that I'm not going to refer to by the more commonly known fan name, but I'm going to use an existing alternate title. |
| 1:52.8 | Here is Mr. Important. |
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