The Saint: The Terrible Tintype 11/26/1950

Summary

Choice Classic Radio Detectives | The Saint: “The Terrible Tintype” (11/26/1950) Originally aired: May 10, 2026 | Starring Vincent Price as Simon Templar (The Saint)

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Episode Overview

Theme:
This episode of The Saint presents a quintessential golden-age detective adventure. Simon Templar, known as “The Saint,” is reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail, marital strife, and murder, all revolving around a mysterious and incriminating photograph—the “terrible tintype.” As suspicion swirls around a wealthy family and their associates, Templar must use wit and deduction to untangle lies, finger the killer, and deliver justice.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. The Intrusion and the “Terrible Tintype”

• Louie’s Mistaken Identity: Simon’s friendly cab driver Louie is mistaken for Templar and threatened at gunpoint by Sally Blair, seeking her sister’s stolen photograph.
  • Quote (Sally to Louie): “Do you want me to shoot you?” (01:21)
• Sally’s Motive: Sally claims the photo (of her sister, Valerie Marsh, and another man, Pete Bryan) is being used for blackmail or potentially divorce proceedings.

2. Unraveling the Marsh Family Drama

• Family & Motives Introduced: Simon learns from Sally that Valerie is married to Theodore Marsh, a wealthy man threatening divorce over the alleged Miami photograph.
  • Quote (Simon): “A picture of her doing what?” (03:16)
• Clever Deduction: Simon quickly deduces family relations and the likely value of the photograph in a divorce case.
  • Quote (Simon): “I'm being bright. Humor me. Your name is Blair, your sister's name is Marsh...” (03:39)
• Arriving at the Marsh Residence: Sally, Louie, and Simon go to the Marsh family home to confront Theodore.

3. Murder at the Mansion

• Discovery: Valerie Marsh is cool and deflective, but after a tense exchange, Theodore Marsh is found murdered in his study—stabbed in the back.
  • Quote (Simon): “...Murdered men rarely commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the back.” (08:55)
• Police Involvement: Lieutenant Riley enters. Simon and Sally become suspects but are soon cleared to leave.

4. The Case Deepens

• Visit to Pete Bryan: Simon and Louie visit Pete Bryan, Valerie’s supposed lover, to question his involvement. Tensions heighten as Pete threatens Simon with a gun, seeking the same photograph.
  • Quote (Pete): “Would you prefer being shot?” (13:31)
• The Photograph Appears: Back home, Simon and Louie find the mysterious photograph shoved under his door.
  • Quote (Simon): “Hey, it's a special delivery addressed to me. Well, well, well. It's a photograph.” (14:58)

5. Suicides, Setups, and Scene-Setting

• Pete Bryan’s Death: Simon returns to Pete’s apartment to find him dead, an apparent suicide by gunshot. But critical details raise doubt.
  • Quote (Simon): “Well, according to police records, no man shoots himself in the dark.” (22:35)
• Setting a Trap: Templar has the butler, Graves, summon Valerie and Sally to the music room under the pretense of having the photograph, then dims the lights to set a scene for the final confrontation.
  • Quote (Simon): “I'm setting a scene, and it'll play better in the dark.” (19:26)

6. The Climax – Whodunit Solved

• Interrogation: Simon confronts Valerie and Sally, challenging their stories and deducing who would benefit from Theodore’s death.
• Revelation: The butler, Graves, is unmasked as the mastermind—murdering Theodore for inheritance and framing others using the tintype.
  • Quote (Simon): “What I feel terrible about is the butler turned out to be guilty.” (23:40)
• Explanation: Simon explains how Graves used the photograph to incite suspicion and provide motive for murder, then killed Pete to cover his tracks or further muddy the investigation.
  • Quote (Simon): “Graves, who sent the photograph to me in order to provide motive for murder against you. And who then proceeded to murder your husband…” (24:50)

7. Denouement & Lighthearted Close

• Aftermath: Valerie’s relief is mixed with embarrassment; Simon offers closure and, finally, dinner for poor, long-suffering Louie.
  • Quote (Louie): “You ask me to dinner. I'm going to have dinner with you if I have to wait till breakfast.” (05:36)

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Notable Quotes and Moments (with Timestamps)

• “Do you want me to shoot you?” – Sally Blair (01:21)
• “Murdered men rarely commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the back. They find it inconvenient or something.” – Simon Templar (08:55)
• “I never prefer being shot. As a matter of fact, I'm never shot. It's unethical or something.” – Simon Templar (13:33)
• “Well, according to police records, no man shoots himself in the dark.” – Simon Templar (22:35)
• “What I feel terrible about is the butler turned out to be guilty.” – Simon Templar (23:40)

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Event | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------| | 01:17 | Sally threatens Louie, mistaken for Simon | | 03:55 | Simon deduces family connections & motives | | 08:47 | Discovery of Theodore Marsh’s murder | | 13:31 | Pete Bryan threatens Simon over the photograph | | 14:58 | Photograph is delivered to Simon’s apartment | | 17:00 | Discovery of Pete Bryan’s death | | 19:26 | Simon sets the trap in the music room | | 22:35 | Simon explains Pete did not commit suicide | | 23:40 | Reveal: Butler Graves’ guilt |

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Style and Tone

The episode is rich in classic detective repartee, with Simon Templar (Vincent Price) delivering dry wit and playful banter amid the mounting suspense. The interplay between characters, especially Simon and the women, alternates between sharp humor and serious crime-solving, capturing the essence of The Golden Age of Radio.

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Conclusion

Resolution:
Simon Templar unmasks the real culprit with logical deduction and a bit of showmanship. The motive (financial gain from the will) and the manipulation (using the photograph to create false motives and cover tracks) lead directly to Graves, the butler. In classic fashion, order is restored, and the weary detective finally gets his meal.

Classic Takeaway:
Even in glamorous mansion crime tales, “the butler did it”—but only Simon Templar could have proven it with such panache.

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For fans of old-time mysteries, this episode offers everything: a tangled plot, lively characterizations, sharp humor, and a satisfying, logical solution—anchored by Vincent Price’s indelible performance as The Saint.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Narrator]

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[Louie]

On my way, Mr. Templar.

[Sally Blair]

Hands up.

[Louie]

Huh?

[Sally Blair]

I said hands up.

[Louie]

Are you crazy or something?

[Sally Blair]

Do you want me to shoot you?

[Louie]

Look, I'm not crazy. I'm not even supplemental.

[Sally Blair]

Hey, go right back inside.

[Louie]

Wait a minute. Leave us not lose our heads because.

[Sally Blair]

Down over there, Mr. Templer.

[Louie]

Mr. Temp. But I ain't.

[Sally Blair]

Sit down.

[Louie]

Okay, sitting down. But I still ain't.

[Valerie Marsh]

Mr. Templar, don't think you could escape

[Sally Blair]

what's coming to you by lying to me.

[Louie]

I never lied to Blanche. And besides, my name is Louie. Mr. Templar invited me over to dine, you know, for dinner. I drive a cab. Does Mr. Templar drive a cab?

[Sally Blair]

Well, no, but.

[Louie]

Well, you see. That proves I'm not Mr. Templar.

[Sally Blair]

It does not. Where's your cab if you're a cab

[Louie]

driver out in the street.

[Sally Blair]

You're trying to trick me into leaving.

[Louie]

No, lady, you can't keep a cabin and apartment. What would the landlord say?

[Sally Blair]

Stop trying to fool me. Just, Just give me that picture.

[Louie]

What picture?

[Sally Blair]

I'm Sally Blair.

[Louie]

Yeah, I'm Louie. I'm pleased to meet you.

[Sally Blair]

I want my sister's picture.

[Louie]

I haven't got your sister's picture. I haven't even got my picture.

[Sally Blair]

I'm warning you, I haven't even got a sister. If I have to kill you to get it, I'll kill you.

[Louie]

Lady, that's against the law. Ask any police.

[Sally Blair]

This is your last chance. Are you going to give me the picture or will I have to sh you?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I think you'd better shoot me. Ms. Blair.

[Louie]

Oh, Mr. Templer. I'm very glad to see you.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I didn't knock. It's not polite, but. Well, it is my apartment. What seems to be the trouble?

[Sally Blair]

II

[Lieutenant Riley]

hey.

[Louie]

All of a sudden she's crying.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So I noticed.

[Louie]

Look, I, I, I don't like to mention this in front of a crying woman, Mr. Templer, but that's a gun. She still got in her hand.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, I think I'll take it, Ms. Blair. Thank you. It wasn't loaded.

[Louie]

It wasn't loaded. So what was I scared about?

[Sally Blair]

Ms. Blair, I'm a fool.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Probably. Although a pretty one. Who is? Your sister?

[Sally Blair]

Valerie Marsh. But you already know that.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I do now. I didn't before you told me.

[Sally Blair]

But you must have known. You have her picture.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

And a picture of her doing what?

[Sally Blair]

Sunbathing at the beach in Miami with Pete. Mr. Templar, you know, Pete, of course,

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

would not be Mr. Marsh. Presumably then the picture of Mrs. Marsh with a. A friend in Miami, probably taken at a time when she had told her husband she was elsewhere, would be valuable. For what? A divorce case.

[Sally Blair]

Now you're admitting you knew all about it.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm being bright. Humor me. Your name is Blair, your sister's name is Marsh. You're not wearing a wedding ring, however. Therefore it's your sister who must be married. And to a man named Marsh. Simple.

[Louie]

Maybe for guys that went to college. Me, I played hooky from kindergarten. To me it ain't simple, but it's true.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Am I right, Ms. Blair?

[Sally Blair]

I. I don't know. Because you should have known all these things before this. Because after all, you did have my sister's picture.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Who told you that?

[Sally Blair]

Valerie's husband, Theodore Marsh. And he ought to know, oughtn't he?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I don't know. Let's go ask him.

[Louie]

Mr. Templer, you're walking into a lion's den.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm driving there in a cab.

[Louie]

Yeah, but your name ain't Daniel.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No. However, Ms. Blair needs help. Right, Ms. Blair?

[Sally Blair]

It isn't help, it's. Well, it's clearing things up.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, perhaps we can get started on that right away. Exactly what did your sister's husband, Theodore Marsh, say in reference to me?

[Sally Blair]

Well, after he told Valerie he was going to divorce her, he said you had a picture of her and Pete taken in Miami two months ago.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Where was he at the time?

[Sally Blair]

Out west someplace on business.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Your sister really was in Miami?

[Valerie Marsh]

Yes.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

She was at the beach. With Pete?

[Sally Blair]

Yes.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Pete. What?

[Sally Blair]

Brian?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

But of course, it was the merest coincidence.

[Sally Blair]

No, Pete's in love with Valerie.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

But how about Valerie?

[Sally Blair]

I don't know. Except that she'd never do anything that would endanger her marriage.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I take it your brother in law, Mr. Theodore Marsh, is very wealthy.

[Valerie Marsh]

Then he is.

[Sally Blair]

Loaded, that is. Yes.

[Louie]

This here is either the Marsh residence or Grant's tomb.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

It's the Marsh residence.

[Louie]

Okay, but how can you tell?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Grant's tomb is smaller, Ms. Blair.

[Sally Blair]

Thank you,

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Louie.

[Louie]

Yeah, I'll wait. I'll wait. I wouldn't even mind.

[Lieutenant Riley]

All right.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm sorry about the dinner.

[Louie]

That's all right.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Would you like to go and get something to eat while you're waiting.

[Louie]

I should say not. What kind of guy you think I am? You ask me to dinner. I'm going to have dinner with you if I have to wait till breakfast.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

All right, Louis. Come on. Ms. Van.

[Sally Blair]

Mr. Templar.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, come now. You can't be formal with a man you were going to shoot. Call me Simon.

[Sally Blair]

Simon. Don't tell anybody about my trying to shoot you.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I won't. I really should have had a manicure before I touched that button. Tell me, is it solid gold or only gold plated?

[Sally Blair]

Everything that Theodore buys is solid gold.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

The poor man must be weighed down.

[Graves (Butler)]

Good evening, Miss Sally.

[Sally Blair]

Hello, Graves. Come in, Simon Graves. Where is Mrs. Marsh?

[Graves (Butler)]

In the music room, man.

[Sally Blair]

Come on, Simon.

[Graves (Butler)]

Miss Sally.

[Sally Blair]

Yes?

[Graves (Butler)]

Mrs. Marsh may not welcome any visitors. She's not well.

[Sally Blair]

That's all right. She'll see us.

[Graves (Butler)]

As you say, Miss Sally,

[Valerie Marsh]

Graves is

[Sally Blair]

a very nice butler.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, his hair is hardly snow white.

[Sally Blair]

However, all butlers used to be young. Sometime or other.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I don't know. I always thought they were kept in the same till aged, like wine.

[Sally Blair]

This is the music room.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, it's a little smaller than Carnegie Hall. No balcony.

[Louie]

Who's that?

[Sally Blair]

I'm sorry. I hope I didn't upset you, darling.

[Valerie Marsh]

Sally, you couldn't upset anyone. You're too wholesome.

[Sally Blair]

This is Mr. Templar.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, how do you do?

[Valerie Marsh]

Mr. Templar, the detective.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, not exactly.

[Valerie Marsh]

I. Oh, shouldn't you be muttering somewhere? With my husband in a dark corner?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I don't know him well enough.

[Valerie Marsh]

Or possibly lurking in a hotel corridor?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I never lurk. It's an allergy.

[Valerie Marsh]

Although I will admit you surprise me.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Do I?

[Valerie Marsh]

You don't look at all like the kind of man I thought you'd be. You should have been small and sly, greasy, your hat curled over your eyes, a cigarette dangling from your lips.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You know, I once knew a man who looked exactly like that.

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh, one of your associates?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No. He happened to be the professor of ethical philosophy at Harvard.

[Sally Blair]

Valerie, stop flirting with Simon. Besides, you're wasting time. He says he never had a picture of you and was never hired by Theodore to do anything.

[Valerie Marsh]

Then why did Theodore say.

[Sally Blair]

I don't know, but I believe Simon, look at him.

[Valerie Marsh]

Yes, I'm looking.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, and if I'm turning a beet red, it's because it's very warm in here. Shouldn't we be asking that question of Mr. Marsh?

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh, yes, of course. Sally, darling, will you get Theodore? He's in his study.

[Sally Blair]

All right.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Valerie, what is Mr. Marsh studying? What inistani

[Valerie Marsh]

the labels on bottles of old whiskey.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Now, that's a fascinating subject.

[Valerie Marsh]

You're a little on the fascinating side yourself.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, but I don't have a million dollars.

[Valerie Marsh]

You mean like Theodore? Some men don't need a million dollars.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Like Pete.

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh, Pete. He'd just like to have money.

[Sally Blair]

But that was. Sally.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Your husband's study. Where is it?

[Sally Blair]

Come with me.

[Valerie Marsh]

It's upstairs.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

That's an odd place for it.

[Valerie Marsh]

No, it's next to his bedroom. So that after Theodore has studied enough bottles, he doesn't have to walk upstairs. He couldn't. Sally.

[Sally Blair]

Sally, what's the matter? Behind the desk.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'll have a look. That was Theodore Marsh, Sally.

[Sally Blair]

Yes.

[Valerie Marsh]

You said was.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, I said it intentionally. The knife in his back reached the heart. He's still warm. He was murdered quite recently. Murdered men rarely commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the back. They find it inconvenient or something.

[Graves (Butler)]

I beg your pardon, but I heard

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

someone scream, Ms. Blair Graves. An unmannerly sound. But Mr. Marsh has been murdered.

[Graves (Butler)]

Good heaven, sir.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Miss, I agree with you. Would you mind phoning the police, Graves, and asking them to drop in?

[Valerie Marsh]

The police?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, Mrs. Marsh. And some of them probably won't even remove their hats. It's vulgar. But still.

[Valerie Marsh]

You're being unkind.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Suddenly I'm being angry. I think someone's been trying to make a fool of me. And succeeding, which isn't very important. But the same person has done something a little more serious. He or she has murdered. You know, people get electrocuted for that.

[Louie]

Okay, Joel, get a shot from this angle.

[Narrator]

Make it snappy.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Over there too. Yeah.

[Narrator]

No fingerprints on the desk.

[Louie]

No, sir. Yeah.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Templar. Yes, Lieutenant?

[Louie]

Come on out in the hall.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

All right.

[Louie]

What were you doing here?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Ms. Blair asked me to visit with Mrs. Marsh.

[Lieutenant Riley]

So?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So I was visiting with Mrs. Marsh. Why? You've seen Mrs. Marsh?

[Lieutenant Riley]

Why'd Sally Blair ask you to visit in the first place?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

She thought I was an art patron. Why? Lieutenant Riley, stop pretending that you don't have degrees from at least two universities. Hey, quiet. Quiet. What do you want to do, get

[Lieutenant Riley]

me in trouble with the boys?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'll keep it a dirty secret between us.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Thanks. You're not confiding in me tonight.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Not until I go home and write like mad in my diary.

[Lieutenant Riley]

All right, Go home.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'd like to say goodbye to Sally

[Narrator]

and to neither of them.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I suppose there's a profound police reason for that.

[Louie]

Nope.

[Lieutenant Riley]

I'm just being mean.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Good night, Templar. Good night.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Templar.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yeah.

[Lieutenant Riley]

One thing I gotta say about you you got a lot of dignity.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

It's funny you should say that, Lieutenant. I was just considering sliding down that banister.

[Louie]

Lots of cops back at that marble shack.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So there were, Louis. So there were what?

[Louie]

They find out that Theodore Marsh was dead by themselves? Or did you tell him?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Louis, Stop being disrespectful.

[Louie]

Okay, we eat and dine. Now.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Now we turn left at malani and stop.

[Louie]

1890.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No, 312.

[Louie]

Oh, that's too bad. 1890 Milani Road would have been at least the appetizing address. Who we calling on?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

A man named Pete Bryan.

[Louie]

Can he cook, maybe?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No, but he has other talents, Louie. He looks very pretty in beach pictures. He does, he does.

[Louie]

You're going up to his place to take some more pictures?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No, I just want to find out exactly how he fits in the picture of murder. Who is it? Simon Templer.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Sounds like a clean cut American boy working his way through college.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Uh oh.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Just remember, you're the saint. I'm wrong.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You're wrong. May I come in?

[Lieutenant Riley]

It's a little on the late side.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I've just seen Mrs. Marsh. Lucky you.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Come in.

[Louie]

Thanks.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Sit any place.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, thank you.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Valerie sent you here?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No, I thought you said you. I just said that I'd seen her. She was trying to look when I left her, like a woman stricken by overwhelming grief.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Because you were leaving?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Because, and I hope this comes as a shock to you, her husband was dead.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Theodore Marsh dead. Terrible or do I mean nice?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

That depends. On what? On how handy a man you are with a knife.

[Lieutenant Riley]

It was the pride of my scout master.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

If you had a hand on the knife that killed Marsh, you may yet be the pride of the district attorney.

[Lieutenant Riley]

You're really saying Marsh was murdered?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

He was really murdered. Fine.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Wait a minute. You're the man who has a picture of Valerie and me taken in Miami, aren't you? The one Marsh was going to use for divorcing Valerie.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So I've heard. I don't have it, which I regret. It's a picture that won't mean anything in a divorce case anymore, but might mean a lot in someone's trial for murder.

[Lieutenant Riley]

That's a right of that. Nice of you to tell me about it. Are you offering the picture for sale?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I don't have it.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Would this make you change your mind?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, you've run out of knives, eh, Brad?

[Lieutenant Riley]

This is safer.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, it's a very pretty gun.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Stop admiring it. Hand over the picture.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I don't have it.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Would you prefer being shot?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I never prefer being shot. As A matter of fact, I'm never shot. It's unethical or something.

[Lieutenant Riley]

I don't think I'm going to mind being unethical about you.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'd mind.

[Lieutenant Riley]

You haven't much time left, neither of you.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

The police are coming to visit with you. With me? Why? Doesn't seem to have been a very well kept secret that you and Mrs. Marsh were friendly, shall I say Mr. Marsh is now dead as a result of extreme violence. The police will undoubtedly want to know where you were earlier tonight. Where, by the way, were you?

[Lieutenant Riley]

That's none of your business.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, now you've wounded me to the quick. I shall leave now. Wait. You want me to stay and tell the police about the picture? Okay, get out.

[Lieutenant Riley]

Don't try anything with that photograph. It doesn't mean a thing.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Of course it doesn't. Good night, Mr. Bryan. Be nice to the police. They don't have a million dollars like Valerie. And they're not pretty. They can be the death of. Home at last. Yeah, it'll be a late dinner, but it will be dinner.

[Louie]

I don't care what it is, just so long as there's something to eat.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You must be starved. I'm terribly sorry, Louie.

[Louie]

Oh, that's okay. You couldn't help it.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Shut the door behind you, Louie. Okay, good.

[Louie]

Hey, look, there's an envelope on the floor. Somebody must have shoved it on the door while we were out.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Hey, it's a special delivery addressed to me. Well, well, well. It's a photograph.

[Louie]

Mm, it ain't a bad tintype. Nice Miami, huh?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, very nice.

[Louie]

What they got on the beaches, that ain't bad either.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Louis, you were speaking of the woman. I. Yeah, never mind. It's Valerie Marsh. The man's Pete Bryan.

[Louie]

Him.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You can have him. I don't want. You know, I'm puzzled, Louis. Apparently Theodore Marsh wasn't lying when he told his wife he'd sent the picture to me. That's nice.

[Louie]

So maybe worry is now the temperature's mild instead of hot.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Louis, I'm worried. What about Mr. Marsh's future, about his past and about. Excuse me a moment.

[Louie]

No, that's all right. I got some serious studying to do. Hey, here's a horse in the fifth I know is gonna win.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

How do you know?

[Louie]

Cause my feet hurt.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Because you're.

[Louie]

The horse's name is Blue Jay.

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, put a plaster on him for me, huh?

[Louie]

Hello.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Lieutenant Riley, please. Simon Templer. I'll hold on.

[Louie]

Want him to come down and arrest the picture, Lieutenant?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You visited Pete Bryan. You holding him. I meant in jail. You're not. You'd have liked to, but you're not. Should you have? Well, I don't know. Good night. This place is over on the other side of town. Took us nearly an hour to get here from it. It's gonna take us nearly an hour to get back there.

[Louie]

Oh, don't tell me we're going for another ride.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, we are. Uh huh.

[Louie]

We dine later.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yeah, we dine later.

[Louie]

Supposing the guy is asleep?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Then we'll wake him. Or he may have run away from home. Doors lock, however, it's a. It's a cheap lock. Any flat key should open it. Perhaps this one. Yes,

[Lieutenant Riley]

it's.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

It's. It's.

[Louie]

It's kind of dark in here.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Light switch around someplace. That's better.

[Louie]

It is.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Brian didn't run away from home. Nor could I have waked him, however loud I rang.

[Louie]

Oh, his head don't look so good. Look, the gun he shot himself with still in his hand.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So it is. And I think we'll leave it there. He.

[Valerie Marsh]

He's not as pretty as his picture.

[Graves (Butler)]

Yes, sir.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Hello, Graves.

[Graves (Butler)]

Mr. Templar.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Mr. Templar. This will go better inside.

[Graves (Butler)]

Oh, of course, sir. But everyone has retired for the nights, naturally.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Some of them, however, can still be waked.

[Graves (Butler)]

I beg your pardon?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

The music room, I think.

[Graves (Butler)]

Yes, sir.

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[Graves (Butler)]

Here we are, sir.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Good. Graves, I'll need your help. I want you to go to Ms. Blair's room, wake her if she needs waking. Tell her I'm down here with the photograph. The photograph?

[Graves (Butler)]

The one of Mrs. Marsh.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

And she'll know. Tell her that and leave her wait five minutes. Then go through the same routine with Mrs. Marsh.

[Graves (Butler)]

But I don't understand.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You don't have to understand. Will you do as I say?

[Graves (Butler)]

Yes, sir.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, before you go, turn off all the lights in this room, will you? Except that small one on the table.

[Graves (Butler)]

Very well, sir. But why?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm setting a scene, and it'll play better in the dark.

[Sally Blair]

Simon Graves just told me.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Good for Graves.

[Sally Blair]

The picture.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I have it. But before you start anything.

[Sally Blair]

Start anything?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, like waving guns at me. I'd like a question or two answered. Marsh was a rich man. Like most rich men, I assume he made a will.

[Sally Blair]

Yes.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

The provisions of which are. Hesitation doesn't become you. Obviously. He would have left the bulk of his estate to his wife. Yes. Yes, there would have been the usual bequest to servants and what else?

[Sally Blair]

You've been in touch with Theodore's lawyer?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No. I'm guessing, but I'm right so far, yes. What else was in the will?

[Sally Blair]

He left me some money.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

A lot of money.

[Sally Blair]

A lot of money. Thank you, but that doesn't mean that.

[Valerie Marsh]

Mr. Templar, this is hardly the time to. Oh, Sally.

[Sally Blair]

Salary.

[Valerie Marsh]

I'm afraid of Simon.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Hello, Mrs. Marsh.

[Valerie Marsh]

You don't have to be afraid of Simon, Sally. He's a gentleman.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Flattery won't help, not anymore. Mrs. Marsh, why did you tell me your husband said he'd sent that picture to me?

[Valerie Marsh]

Because that's what he.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

No. What conceivable reason would he have for telling you about.

[Valerie Marsh]

Well, I really don't know.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Would he have wanted to make it possible for you to steal it from me? To make it possible for your sister to threaten me with a gun in an effort to get it away from me?

[Valerie Marsh]

I. I don't know what to say.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You might try the truth. How did you know your husband had sent the picture to me?

[Valerie Marsh]

I. All right, I'm not very proud of myself. But I've been using Graves to spy on my husband. Valor. I said I wasn't proud of myself, but I had to protect myself. I didn't want to be divorced or.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Then you discovered the existence of the picture and its whereabouts not from your husband, but through graves.

[Valerie Marsh]

You say discovered existence as though perhaps it didn't exist.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, it does exist, all right. I have it with me.

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh, may I see it?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes. Here.

[Sally Blair]

Thank you.

[Valerie Marsh]

It's a nice picture. Very good likeness.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

There'd be no doubt about identification. There would have been no difficulty about corroboration either, once Pete Bryan was put on the witness stand.

[Sally Blair]

Simon, you said, would have been no difficulty I did.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Brian, unfortunately, is no longer in a position to testify to anything.

[Valerie Marsh]

Well, he's not. Not he is.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I left him half an hour ago, lying on the floor of his bedroom, a revolver in his right hand, a bullet wound in his right temple.

[Sally Blair]

He killed himself?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

So it would appear.

[Sally Blair]

But why?

[Valerie Marsh]

Unless of course, he killed Theodore and

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

and was then seized with panic or remorse and put an end to his own life. A pretty theory.

[Valerie Marsh]

Theory, Theory.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Pretty. But like so many pretty things, false. He was murdered.

[Valerie Marsh]

But from what you just told us,

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

when Louis and I entered his room, I had to put the lights on. Well, according to police records, no man shoots himself in the dark.

[Valerie Marsh]

Oh, this is all a little too much for me. I'm going upstairs.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I think you'd better leave the photograph here though.

[Sally Blair]

No, I'm keeping that.

[Valerie Marsh]

It belongs to me.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

It belongs to the police.

[Valerie Marsh]

I said I was keeping it.

[Sally Blair]

Valerie, put that gun away.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

It's pearl handled. No doubt a gun of the highest pedigree.

[Valerie Marsh]

I don't care what you say or think, Mrs. Marsh.

[Graves (Butler)]

You better let me have the gun. I'm sorry, Madame.

[Valerie Marsh]

Never mind.

[Graves (Butler)]

And the photograph?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Here you are. Mr. Templar hasn't been damaged. I rather thought you'd be outside the door, Graves.

[Graves (Butler)]

Thank you, sir.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

You might as well let me have Mrs. Marsh's gun. To exhibit A and exhibit B. The police will be pleased.

[Graves (Butler)]

Here it is.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, yes, rather a heavy gun for a woman. I wonder if it's heavy enough to.

[Sally Blair]

Simon.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm afraid I may have slightly damaged your butler, Mrs. Marsh.

[Sally Blair]

Yes, so I see.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

But I feel terribly about it.

[Sally Blair]

If you knocked him out, he probably deserved it.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Thank you, Sally. But I don't feel terribly about knocking him out. What I feel terrible about is the butler turned out to be guilty.

[Valerie Marsh]

Simon.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes, Mrs. Marsh.

[Valerie Marsh]

I. I'm not sure why I am still up or why you're still here.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, the answer to that is simple.

[Valerie Marsh]

Yes, honey.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I haven't explained how I knew Graves was the murderer.

[Valerie Marsh]

How did you know?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, there was the photograph. You lied about it when you said your husband had sent it to me. But I knew you had to be lying because if your husband intended to use it as evidence in a divorce case, he would have sent it to his lawyers, not me.

[Valerie Marsh]

Well, that's true.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Therefore I wondered, had you sent me the photograph yourself? Not if you were planning to commit murder. Because that photograph would have been strong evidence against you.

[Valerie Marsh]

And it might have been, Sally.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, if it were, why would she have come to my house and tried to get it back from Me? No. It was neither your husband, Sally, nor yourself who sent the picture to me. And Peter Bryant's death cleared him.

[Valerie Marsh]

Which left Graves, who wanted the bequest. My husband had left him.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes. Graves, who sent the photograph to me in order to provide motive for murder against you. And who then proceeded to murder your

[Valerie Marsh]

husband, who never even knew about the picture. Graves took it from my desk. But Simon, why did he kill Pete?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

A double gamble. Either the police would accept the suicide as genuine and close the case on the basis that Pete had murdered your husband and then killed himself.

[Valerie Marsh]

Or else I'd have been suspected of both killings.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Right,

[Valerie Marsh]

Simon?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes.

[Valerie Marsh]

You finished the explanation. Are you going to rush away now that you've solved the mystery of the picture?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Not on your tindip,

[Valerie Marsh]

Simon.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes.

[Valerie Marsh]

And they call you the saint.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Well, even saints can take time off. I'll see who it is. Louie.

[Louie]

Louie.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Oh, good heavens. I forgot all about. Now, Louie, stop standing there and looking hungry.

[Louie]

What do you want I should do? Sit down and look hungry.

[Sally Blair]

Simon, what's wrong?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I promised Louie a dinner, and then your sister came along. And then the murder came along.

[Valerie Marsh]

Do you mean you two haven't had your dinner yet?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

I'm afraid not.

[Valerie Marsh]

Well, both of you sit right down. I'll go see what we have in the kitchen.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Do you see, Louis, I was explaining the clues to Mrs. Marsh. I mean to stay so long.

[Louie]

Explaining the clues?

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Yes.

[Louie]

So wipe off the lipstick from your face. It's all right, Mr. Templar. I think we're gonna have a wonderful meal. Because judging from the look in your eyes when I came in.

[Graves (Butler)]

Yes?

[Louie]

Mrs. Marsh cooks with G.

[Narrator]

You have been listening to another transcribed adventure of the Saint, the Robin Hood of modern crime. Now here is our star, Vincent Price.

[Simon Templar (The Saint)]

Ladies and gentlemen, a long time ago it was written that man shall not live by bread alone. In this often quoted line from the Bible, bread is merely a symbol of all material values. And although we in America have the greatest material advantages in the world, they are not enough to bring us complete happiness. We must find that happiness in our spiritual as well as our material lives, in faith as well as bread. In America, one of our most precious heritages is the right to worship as we please. And as an individual, you can find the peace that only religion can bring. Thus, the religious organizations of America invite you to find yourself through faith and come to church this week. This is Vincent Price inviting you to join us again next week at this same time for another exciting adventure of the saint. Good night.

[Narrator]

This adventure of the saint entitled the terrible Tintype was written by Lewis Vitti. In the cast, you heard Joan Banks as Valerie Marsh and Lamont Johnson as Pete. Helen Parish to Sally, Ken Christie, the lieutenant and Dana Herlihy the butler. Louis is played by Larry Dobkin. The Saint, based on characters created by Leslie Charters, is a James L. Safier production and is directed by Helen Mack. Vincent Price is now starring in the Winslow Boy at the Las Palmas Theater here in Hollywood. All you Saint fans will be glad to know that the Saint comic books are on sale at all newsstands. Your announcer is Don Stanley. Three chimes mean good times on NBC for more mystery this afternoon, there's another adventure with that hard boiled private eye Charlie Wilde, who solves another baffling case by a mere swash of the buckle. It's 30 minutes of suspense with Charlie Wild. Later today and Sunday means another broadcast in NBC's gigantic series the Big Show. Tallulah presides as usual, and her guests tonight include Fred Allen, Ed Wynn and many more on the Big show tonight on NBC.

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