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The first of these books, which gave cover credit to Charteris, but were actually written by others, was The Saint on TV, and the series of novelisations continued for several years after the television programme had ended. The Saint drove a Volvo P1800 in the series. Templar's car, when it appeared, was a white Volvo P1800 with the number ...
The Saint logo next to P958-X2 at Volvo Museum. The Volvo P1800 received prominence in the early 1960s when a white 1962 Volvo P1800 with number plate ST1 was driven by the character Simon Templar (Roger Moore) in the TV series The Saint (1962–1969). The car became intimately linked to the show and helped raise Volvo's profile at the time. [18]
Guest cast: Barbara Shelley, George Pastell, Esmond Knight, Carole Gray, Eugene Deckers, Robert Cawdron, Andre Boulay . Flying Pan Am to Paris, Simon meets a woman, Valerie North (Barbara Shelley), caught up in a drama—and the silver St. Christopher medal she wears may be the key to solving the mystery.
The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. . After that date other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in
Return of the Saint is a revival/updating of The Saint, a programme based upon the stories of Leslie Charteris that had originally aired from 1962 to 1969, and starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar (the character, in turn, had been introduced by Charteris in a series of novels and short stories dating back to 1928).
The Saint on TV is a collection of two mystery novellas by Fleming Lee, continuing the adventures of the sleuth Simon Templar a.k.a. "The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris. This book was first published in the United States in 1968 by The Crime Club, and in the United Kingdom later that year by Hodder and Stoughton.
As with other Saint books released during this period, Charteris served in an editorial capacity. The novel was first published in the United States by The Crime Club in 1968 (possibly before the episodes aired), and in the United Kingdom the following year by Hodder and Stoughton. The movie stars Roger Moore as Simon Templar with Sylvia Syms.
The Saint franchise consists of European and American action-mystery thrillers, including film, radio, and television mediums.Based on the writings of Leslie Charteris, the plot centers around the titular vigilante investigator who operates outside the bounds of the law, under various disguises and aliases; commonly known as the moniker "the Saint".