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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:ThanksToTheSaint.jpg</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1959 paperback edition</td></tr> <tr><th>Country</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Series</th><td>The Saint</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Mystery, Short Stories</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (Hardback & Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th>Preceded by</th><td>The Saint Around the World</td></tr><tr><th>Followed by</th><td>Señor Saint</td></tr>
Thanks to the Saint
AuthorLeslie Charteris
PublisherThe Crime Club
Released1957

Thanks to the Saint is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1957 by by The Crime Club in the United States and by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom in 1958.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of 6 stories:

  1. The Bunco Artists
  2. The Happy Suicide
  3. The Good Medicine
  4. The Unescapable Word (sic)
  5. The Perfect Sucker
  6. The Careful Terrorist

[edit] Television adaptations

All but one of the stories in this collection formed the basis for episodes of the 1962-69 TV series, The Saint.

"The Careful Terrorist" appeared as the third episode of the first season, airing on October 18, 1962. "The Bunch Artists" and "The Good Medicine" appeared in season two, on December 19, 1963 and February 6, 1964, respectively. "The Unescapable Word" was retitled to the more grammatically correct "The Inescapable Word" and aired on January 28, 1965 during season 3, followed by "The Happy Suicide" on March 11.


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The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris
Characters: Simon Templar | Patricia Holm | Claud Eustace Teal | Hoppy Uniatz | Roger Conway
Books by Leslie Charteris
Meet - The Tiger! (1928) | Enter the Saint (1930) | The Last Hero (1930) | Knight Templar (1930) | Featuring the Saint (UK only-1931) | Alias the Saint (UK only-1931) | Wanted for Murder (US only-1931) | She Was a Lady (1931) | The Holy Terror (1932) | Getaway (1932) | Once More the Saint (1933) | The Brighter Buccaneer (1933) | The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934) | Boodle (1934) | The Saint Goes On (1934) | The Saint in New York (1935) | Saint Overboard (1936) | The Ace of Knaves (1937) | Thieves' Picnic (1937) | Prelude for War (1938) | Follow the Saint (1939) | The Happy Highwayman (1939) | The Saint in Miami (1940) | The Saint Goes West (1942) | The Saint Steps In (1942) | The Saint on Guard (1944) | The Saint Sees it Through (1946) | Call for the Saint (1948) | Saint Errant (1948) | The Saint in Europe (1953) | The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955) | The Saint Around the World (1956) | Thanks to the Saint (1957) | Señor Saint (1958) | The Saint to the Rescue (1959) | Trust the Saint (1962) | The Saint in the Sun (1963)
Collaborations (credited to Charteris)
Vendetta for the Saint (1964) | The Saint on TV (1968) | The Saint Returns (1968) | The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968) | The Saint Abroad (1969) | The Saint in Pursuit (1970) | The Saint and the People Importers (1971) | Catch the Saint (1975) | The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976) | Send for the Saint (1977) | The Saint in Trouble (1978) | The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1979) | Count on the Saint (1980) | Salvage for the Saint (1983)
Books by Burl Barer
The Saint (film novelization) (1997) | Capture the Saint (1997)
Unpublished works
Bet on the Saint (1968) | The Saint's Lady (1979)
Theatrical films
The Saint in New York (1938) | The Saint Strikes Back (1939) | The Saint in London (1939) | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | The Saint Takes Over (1940) | The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) | The Saint's Vacation (1941) | The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) | The Saint's Girl Friday (1953) | Le Saint mène la danse (1960) | Le Saint prend l'affut (1966) | The Saint (1997)
Made-for-TV films
The Fiction Makers (1968) | Vendetta for the Saint (1969) | The Saint and the Brave Goose (1983) |

The Saint in Manhattan (1987)

Television series
The Saint (1962-1969) | Return of the Saint (1978-1979) | Mystery Wheel of Adventure (1989)
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Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance) | S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization)
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