The Saint: Fishes Gotta Eat 04/29/1951
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What is the opening premise of the Saint’s “Fishes Gotta Eat” adventure?
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The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
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I don't like it around here, Rico. The waterfront? What's the matter with it? Oh, I don't know. I get the jitters. You think too much. Listen, after we pick up the stuff in Sparrow, you can retire. Ever been in Florida? Yeah, yeah, once. I didn't like it. All right, so you can retire someplace
else.
Is that the ship up ahead? It ought to be if we're on the right pier. Yeah, that's the expert. Yeah. There's no lights on it. Nobody's aboard except Sparrow. I'll be glad to see him. Me too. Fifty grand on the hoof. Rigo. What's the matter? Somebody's on deck. It's not Sparrow. Oh, relax. It's an old man, a night watchman. Oh. Why they gotta have a night watchman around, I don't know. You think somebody might swipe a ship. Hey, you. What you order out here? We're coming aboard. We got an appointment. Okay, come on. Appointment with who? Put your pop gun away. Sparrow is expecting us. Sparrow? Yeah, one of the crew. You heard of him, didn't you? Yes. Heard a lot about him. How
come?
He jumped boat.
Rigo,
did you hear what he said? The jump boat where, Pop? Galveston. The crew was talking about it. Sparrow had been acting funny ever since the boat pulled out of Amsterdam. Come, Galveston. Goodbye, Mr. Sparrow. Oh, that's fine. Goodbye to our storm, too. Shut up, Collins. You have something belonging to you? No, no. We're friends of his. We just wanted to get in touch with him. Well, you sure come to the wrong place. You could be putting on an act. You're on the ship. Go ahead and look for him. Never mind. Come on, Collins. Come on. How are
we going to wait?
Now, this is one place Sparrow wouldn't ever show up. But he'll have to show sooner or later. And when he does, let's get out of here. So long, Pop. So long.
They left, Sparrow. Oh, I guess they believed you, huh? Yeah, they sure did. I offered to let them search the ship. They was too smart. Figured if you was really on board, I wouldn't have offered. So they went away. Thanks, Gleason. Here. Here's a fiver. Why do you want to dock them so bad? Oh, I told you. You know, I owe them some money.
How do the characters first discover the missing ship and Sparrow’s involvement?
I ain't got it. Here, take the fiver. That isn't the way they told us. What isn't the way? You owe them a few bucks. The way they figured it, it was 50,000. You're crazy. In stones, they said.
Where
are they, Mr. Sparrow? I said, you're crazy. You can say it again if it makes you feel any better. I think maybe I'll take a look. Get away from that bag. But, Mr. Sparrow, I've got a gun. I'm warning you. Better keep clear of me. You're a fool. What good will 50,000 do you dead? Give me that gun. I'll break your arm. A fool? Watch out.
No.
Apparently, yes. I was just about to curl up in front of the fire with a bottle of shut-eye and sleep and sleep.
And?
Well, maybe I don't need tablets to soothe my nerves. Come in.
Thank you. Mr. Templer. My name is Susan Sparrow.
That sounds very demure. Are you?
Isn't that the kind of thing you should find out for yourself?
Miss Sparrow or Mrs.?
Mrs.
Oh. And I could always ask your husband.
If you can find him. I can't. That's why I've come to you.
Oh, I see. Somebody lost him?
Well, he was supposed to have reached New York three days ago on the steamship Exbrook.
Oh, he was a passenger?
No, one of the crew. He hasn't come home, Mr. Templer.
You waited three days before doing anything about it?
Well, of course, because we live in Cleveland.
Oh, which means you'd have allowed him a day to get there, a day's wait before you got alarmed, and a day for you to come here. All right. Can you think of any reason why he wouldn't have come to Cleveland?
Can you?
Well, of course, he may not feel the same way I do about...
About?
Cleveland. You've got in touch with the ship's captain?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening premise of the Saint’s “Fishes Gotta Eat” adventure?
0:00–3:52
2
How do the characters first discover the missing ship and Sparrow’s involvement?
3:52–7:30
3
Why does the night watchman’s disappearance matter to the mystery?
7:30–11:00
4
What clues reveal that Frank Sparrow was murdered and not simply missing?
11:00–14:22
5
How does the cab driver Louie become entangled in the murder plot?
14:22–17:45
6
What is the significance of the hidden jewels and the switched identification papers?
17:45–21:22
7
How does the final confrontation in Susan’s apartment resolve the case?
21:22–24:39
8
What closing remarks wrap up this episode of The Saint?
24:39–29:50
Speakers
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