Leslie Charteris (Writing)
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Works
The Saint
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Release Date:2017-07-11
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:280
The Saint
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Release Date:1997-04-03
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:1124
The Saint: The Software Murders
From his home in California, Simon's friend Jack is investigating the deaths of three prominent scientists. Shortly after making an important discovery, Jack is murdered, and the killer threatens to come after Simon.
Release Date:1990-08-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Saint: The Big Bang
Simon Templar and a newswoman track down the front man for a deadly corporate takeover.
Release Date:1990-07-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.
Release Date:1989-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Saint: The Blue Dulac
Simon Templar uses twin sisters and a rare Russian necklace to trap a ruthless American in Paris.
Release Date:1989-09-09
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
Sleuth Simon Templar ties a London baby's kidnapping to a black-market baby ring based in Brazil.
Release Date:1989-09-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
The Saint in Manhattan
Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for an attempted series revival.
Release Date:1987-06-12
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
The Saint and the Brave Goose
A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
Release Date:1979-01-07
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Return of the Saint
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Release Date:1978-09-10
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:8
Vendetta for the Saint
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian businessman as an old friend, but the Italian refuses to acknowledge the greeting and claims never to have met him.
Release Date:1969-01-05
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:6
The Fiction Makers
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.
Release Date:1968-12-08
Department:Writing
Job:Original Series Creator
Vote Count:8
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Release Date:1962-10-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:19
Vote Count:115
The Dance of Death
On his journey through USA, Simon Templar, alias 'the Saint', landed in Palm Springs. After arrival, Simon is offered a job as a bodyguard of a millionaire who is threatened with death.
Release Date:1960-05-25
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
The Saint's Return
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Release Date:1953-10-12
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:26
Two Smart People
Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge.
Release Date:1946-06-04
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:10
River Gang
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.
Release Date:1945-09-21
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Lady on a Train
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Release Date:1945-08-03
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Vote Count:47
The Saint Meets the Tiger
A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The Tiger' and his gang as they plan to smuggle gold bullion out of the country.
Release Date:1941-12-08
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:7
The Saint's Vacation
While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
Release Date:1941-05-09
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:9
The Saint In Palm Springs
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a posh Palm Springs resort, where a gang of homicidal thieves have converged to relieve the girl of her inheritance. Three murders and one kidnapping attempt later, the villains are foiled by the Saint, with the aid of his onetime partner in crime Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle). The Saint in Palm Springs is the sixth in RKO's series of films based on the character created by Leslie Charteris.
Release Date:1941-01-24
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:9
The Saint Takes Over
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
Release Date:1940-06-07
Department:Crew
Job:Creator
Vote Count:11
The Saint's Double Trouble
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Release Date:1940-01-26
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:12
The Saint in London
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
Release Date:1939-06-30
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:14
The Saint Strikes Back
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
Release Date:1939-03-08
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:13
The Saint in New York
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Release Date:1938-05-25
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:15
Midnight Club
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Standing) sends two of his officers (Billy Bevan and Charles McNaughton) to the Midnight Club to check up on a couple of shady characters - Colin Grant (Clive Brook) and Arthur Bradley (Allan Mowbray) and a girl, Iris Witney (Helen Vinson). There have been a number of jewel robberies around town recently, but, unknown to the police, these three have the perfect alibis!!! They have found "doubles", and while they are out committing the robberies, their doubles spend the night at the club, confusing the two officers who are on their tail.
Release Date:1933-07-28
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
The Saint
Simon Templar creates false identities named after saints in order to steal money from various criminal organizations and redistribute the wealth to others.
Department:Writing
Job:Characters