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3 unusual facts about The Saint's Vacation


The Saint's Vacation

One notable omission from the character list is Templar's literary girlfriend, Patricia Holm, who is here replaced by another character, Mary Langdon (played by Sally Gray).

Also, unlike the previous Saint films, which were produced in Hollywood, The Saint's Vacation was produced and filmed in the United Kingdom.

Templar is aided in his investigation by reporter Mary Langdon (Sally Gray) and Monty Hayward (Arthur Macrae), with Inspector Teal (Gordon McLeod) of Scotland Yard.


Alister Williamson

He would typically be found in television series such as Adam Adamant Lives!, The Avengers, Paul Temple, Police Surgeon, Public Eye, The Saint, Softly, Softly, Special Branch, The Third Man and Z-Cars.

Basil Zaharoff

Rayt Marius in Knight Templar and The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal, featuring Leslie Charteris' the Saint, appears to be based on Zaharoff, with the last referring specifically to the theft of his explosive memoirs.

Brian Lang

Lang was accused of hypocrisy by the St Andrews student newspaper The Saint for promoting the University's environmental policy by asking other members of the university not to use cars, while continuing to use his Jaguar to make the 1.1 mile journey to his office.

Buck Quartermain

Defeating Tom Lawler and J.P. Ace in a tag team match with The Saint while in Pro Wrestling Warfare the following month, he finally made he and Lovett made their return to TNA losing to The Naturals on TNA Impact on October 29.

Carlton Television

The ITC archive is financially lucrative since it includes such popular shows as Thunderbirds, The Prisoner, and The Saint, as well as feature films such as The Return of the Pink Panther, On Golden Pond, and Capricorn One.

CBS Summer Playhouse

Notable pilots featured included The Saint in Manhattan (a revival of The Saint television series starring Andrew Clarke as Simon Templar), Kung Fu: The Next Generation (a new version of Kung Fu starring Brandon Lee), Puppetman (a new Muppet sitcom from Jim Henson), and a sitcom version of Coming to America.

Chandelier Tree

A vintage postcard of the Chandelier Tree was shown during the opening credits of National Lampoon's Vacation.

Claud Eustace Teal

In 1953 British Hammer Film Productions made The Saint's Return, which wasn't based on any of Charteris' stories.

On television, Ivor Dean played Teal as a recurring character in the 1962-69 British series, The Saint.

The most recent appearance of the character has been in the 1997 film version of The Saint, played by Alun Armstrong.

Claud Eustace Teal is a fictional character who made many appearances in a series of novels, novellas and short stories by Leslie Charteris entitled The Saint, starting in 1929.

Ford Country Squire

A heavily modified Country Squire Wagon was used by the Griswolds in National Lampoon's Vacation.

Helen Mack

In the 1940s and 1950s, Mack worked as a producer and director of radio programs including such series as Richard Diamond, Private Detective and The Saint.

Imogen Hassall

After having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and enjoyed an appearance in the William Douglas-Home comedy "The Reluctant Peer" at the Duchess Theatre in 1964, she appeared in British TV adventure series of the 1960s such as The Saint, The Avengers, The Persuaders!.

John Baskcomb

He made appearances in numerous British television plays and series including; Doctor Who (Terror of the Autons), The Saint, Softly, Softly and Poldark and he played the role of Cardinal Wolsey in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970).

Joseph Furst

Furst was regularly featured in UK television drama series of the 1960s and early 1970s with appearances in The Saint, The Champions, Doomwatch, The Persuaders!, and as the mad (and well remembered) Professor Zaroff in the Doctor Who story The Underwater Menace.

Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel

The Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel's western portal is featured on the first postcard during the opening sequence of National Lampoon's Vacation.

Margit Saad

In 1960 she starred in the British drama film The Criminal and followed it up with appearances in other British films and television programmes such as The Rebel (alongside Tony Hancock) (1961), The Saint in The Saint Sees It Through (1964) and The Magnificent Two (supporting Morecambe and Wise) (1967).

Matty Simmons

Simmons's most prolific film credits include acting as the producer of National Lampoon's Animal House and the National Lampoon's Vacation film series.

Shelley Memorial

The statue was a key element in the meeting of two main characters in the 1997 movie The Saint, starring Val Kilmer, and also features in an episode of the British TV drama, Lewis.

South Fork, Colorado

In the 1983 movie National Lampoon's Vacation starring Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, the Griswold family spend the night at a camping ground in South Fork.

Stolichnaya

In the 1997 film The Saint starring Val Kilmer, a bottle of Stoli is visible in his room in Russia.

The Gay Falcon

The 1941 B film was intended by RKO Radio Pictures to introduce a replacement for The Saint, after RKO decided that renewing the film rights to the latter character would be too expensive.

The Incredible Robert Baldick

After that he had worked for ITV/ITC film series including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, The Champions and Department S.

The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal

The book was republished under two additional titles: The Saint in England and, as of 1952, The Saint in London (not to be confused with The Saint in London, a 1939 RKO film based upon a story in an earlier Saint volume, The Holy Terror).

The Saint in London

He admired director Carstairs' work enough to dedicate the book The Saint in the Sun to him; Carstairs is also the only person to direct not only RKO Saint films, but also two episodes of the 1962-69 series The Saint.

The Saint's Lady

The Saint's Lady is the title of an unpublished novel by Joy Martin featuring the character of criminal-turned-detective Simon Templar (alias "The Saint") who had been created by Leslie Charteris in 1928.

According to the book The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928-1992 by Burl Barer, Martin sent her manuscript to Leslie Charteris as a present in 1979.

Volvo C70

The C70 was introduced to the press in a signature color (saffron pearl metallic) and for the debut marketing, the 1997 movie The Saint featured a C70 — recalling the notable connection of the Volvo P1800 and the TV series from the early 1960s, The Saint with Roger Moore as Simon Templar.

Wally Joyner

The film National Lampoon's Vacation had featured a fictional theme park by that name, and the Angels' proximity to Disneyland may also have helped inspire the moniker.


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