The Saint: Santa Claus is No Saint 12/24/1950
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
7 speakers
8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What is the premise of 'Santa Claus is No Saint'?
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The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
The Saint, based on characters created by Leslie Charteris, and known to millions from books, magazines, and motion pictures. The Robin Hood of modern crime now comes transcribed to radio, starring Hollywood's brilliant and talented actor Vincent Price as... The Saint.
Come in. Hi, Mr. Templeton. Oh, hello, Louie. Where are you? I'm in my room. I'll be ready in a minute. Hey, wait till you see my cap. I gave it a bat for Christmas. Well, congratulations.
Look, I don't want to rush you, but if you don't hurry, Christmas Eve is going to be already Christmas morning. And what will all them tots think?
Oh, them tots will be singularly fortunate. However, all I have to do now is get my whiskies on. There. How do I look? Mr. Templer, if I didn't know you was Mr. Templer... Yes? I wouldn't know who you were. Hmm. Louie, don't I look like Santa Claus? This may come as a surprise to you, Mr. Templer. Santa Claus is fat. Oh. You're not fat. Oh. Well, hand me that cushion from the couch, huh? Okay. Here. Ah, thank you. Now then.
How's that? Now, say ho, ho, ho.
What for?
Santa Claus is always say ho, ho, ho.
Oh, I see. Ho, ho, ho. Well, any way you look like Santa Claus. Hey, Mr. Templer, whose idea was this? Mrs. Winterbottom's. Oh, the dame who annoys tots on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Winterbottom is a very well-known philanthropist. And every Christmas Eve, she collects hundreds of small children and feeds them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who feeds them the rest of the year? Don't be bitter, Louie. Sorry. At least I ought to give the little tots a... A laugh? Yeah, yeah. And I suppose there is something to be said for Mrs. Winterbottom. Don't say it now. Don't worry. There's something to be said for Santa Claus, too. He does go around filling stockings. Yeah, I know a blonde. Shouldn't say that either, huh? No. Someone at the door.
Louie, would you mind? No. It's probably one of them tots.
Correction. It's a tot 20 years later. Get in. I'm already in.
Back up.
I'm backing up.
Thanks. Thanks. Now, reach, gents.
You know, that gun in her hand looks loaded. Now that you mention it.
Reach. For what? The chandelier.
You can't.
Why not?
No chandelier.
Oh, a wise guy, huh?
If you're going to shoot me, I insist on knowing your name.
Just call me Sally. Sally.
And your last name?
Never mind that. How would you like to get plugged in the... In the... Breadbasket? Where?
Oh, let's pass lightly over that. I wouldn't like to get plugged anywhere.
Then shut up.
All right.
Where is it?
Right down the hall.
Are you trying to be smart?
Not especially.
So it's going to be like that, huh?
Who are the main characters introduced in the story?
Like what?
Now, you listen to me, Fats Boylan.
Huh?
You shut up, too.
I didn't say anything.
Well, shut up anyway.
I'm shutting up.
What was I saying?
You just finished calling me Fats Boylan.
That's right.
That's wrong. I'm not Fats Boylan.
Ha.
Well, it helps keep the conversation going.
Look, Fats, are you going to stop stalling and hand over the stuff, or will I have to shoot?
Since I am not Fats Boylan, and since I have no stuff to hand over, I'm afraid you'll have to shoot. Mr. Templer, that could be fatal.
You keep quiet, punk.
Who's a punk?
You're a punk.
Mr. Tumper, am I a punk? Well, Sally is just a little confused this evening, Louie. Confused or not, she shouldn't call me a... Oh, shut up. You know, you don't have to start bawling.
I am not bawling.
I am... You were just about to shoot me.
Well, I know, but then you'd bleed.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I can't stand the sight of blood.
Why don't you strangle him? Louie, don't be unkind. It seems to be the doorbell again.
No, wait.
Very impolite to keep people waiting.
But I must have been followed here.
Sally, look, stop illustrating a point with that gun. It might go off.
I don't care.
But then I'd bleed.
But where can I go? I've got to hide.
Well, try the kitchen.
All right.
Oh, come on in. It's open house tonight.
Well, well, my old pal Fats. I am not. Boylan.
Although I'm beginning to waver.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of 'Santa Claus is No Saint'?
0:00–3:39
2
Who are the main characters introduced in the story?
3:39–6:34
3
What conflict arises involving the character Fats Boylan?
6:34–9:56
4
How does the plot unfold around the missing jewels?
9:56–13:05
5
What revelations are made about Mrs. Worth's involvement?
13:05–16:22
6
How does Simon Templer deduce the truth behind the murder?
16:22–19:56
7
What twist occurs regarding the identity of the real killer?
19:56–23:40
8
What is the conclusion of the episode and its implications?
23:40–29:35
Speakers
7 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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