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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">200px</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1955 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 in Europe</td></tr><tr><th>Followed by</th><td>The Saint Around the World</td></tr>
The Saint on the Spanish Main
AuthorLeslie Charteris
PublisherThe Crime Club
Released1955

The Saint on the Spanish Main is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1955 by by The Crime Club in the United States and Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom. This book continues the adventures of Simon Templar, alias The Saint, and is the second of three consecutive books that take a "travelogue" approach to the stories, with each taking place in a different exotic locale.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of 6 stories:

  1. Bimini: The Effete Angler
  2. Nassau: The Arrow of God
  3. Jamaica: The Black Commissar aka The Man from Moscow
  4. Puerto Rico: The Unkind Philanthropist
  5. The Virgin Islands: The Old Treasure Story
  6. Haiti: The Questing Tycoon

Some editions, such as the 1955 Avon Books printing, omit the Nassau and Puerto Rico stories.

[edit] Television adaptations

Several stories from this collection formed the basis for episodes of the 1962-69 TV series, The Saint.

"The Arrow of God" aired during the first season on November 15, 1962, followed by "The Effete Angler" on November 29. During the third season, "The Unkind Philanthropist" aired on December 24, 1964. "The Old Treasure Story" aired as the final episode of the fourth season on August 26, 1965.


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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)
Related articles
Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance) | S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization)
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