The Holy Terror, takes place over the course of nearly a year, the events of Getaway take place over little more than 24 hours. The text indicates that this story takes place about two years after the events of The Last Hero. It is the first Saint story to take place completely outside Great Britain since the novella "The Wonderful War" in Featuring the Saint. Some editions of the novel (such as the Fiction Publishing Co. edition) omit a prologue that recaps the events of "The Melancholy Journey of Mr. Teal". According to this prologue (and later repeated within the main body of the text), the Saint has been "buccaneering" for 10 years by the time of this novel, during which time he had amassed a personal fortune of approximately 100,000 pounds, which was finally topped up by his absconding with a villain's diamonds at the end of "Melancholy Journey". Much of the book is told from Monty Hayward's point of view. According to The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928-1992 by Burl Barer, the character was based upon Charteris' real-life editor, Monty Haydon. Film adaptation In 1941, Getaway was adapted as a motion picture by RKO as part of its ongoing Saint series. Retitled The Saint's Vacation, the film was the first to star Hugh Sinclair as Simon Templar. Among the changes made for the film adaptation is that Rudolf now works for Nazi Germany (Hitler was not yet in power when the original book was published) and the character of Patricia Holm is absent. References 1932 British novels Simon Templar books Novels by Leslie Charteris Innsbruck Novels set in Austria Hodder & Stoughton books British novels adapted into films Novels first published in serial form