The Adventures Of The Saint - "The Horrible Hamburger" (09-10-50)

The Horrible Hamburger (Aired September 10, 1950)

After a year's hiatus, The Saint returned to radio July 10, 1949—this time on Mutual. An announcement in Billboard noted that the program would be sustaining (without a sponsor), but that Mutual "will use trial summer run to showcase show for fall bankrolling." The bankrolling eventually came from Ford Motor Company, and the show lasted through May 28, 1950. The program's final run began June 11, 1950, as a summer replacement for The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. The Saint was back on its original network, NBC, for this version, which ended October 14, 1951.  The show lasted longer in this version than in any other, despite a negative review of the first episode in Billboard which said much of the script was "confusing and slow-paced" and called star Vincent Price "frightfully dull."

THIS EPISODE:

September 10, 1950. NBC network. "The Horrible Hamburger". Sustaining. After a lousy dinner, a flat tire is followed by a dead body in the trunk. The Saint is asked, "Mr. Templar, what do you think about television?" He replies, "I think about it as little as possible." Leslie Charteris (creator), Vincent Price, Louise Erickson, Noreen Gammill, Arthur Q. Bryan, David Light, Lawrence Dobkin, Louis Vittes (writer), Vaughn Dexter (composer, conductor), Helen Mack (director), Don Stanley (announcer), James L. Saphier (producer). 29:54. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.