The Star Producers

Written by Leslie Charteris

Copyright 1939

Published in Detective Fiction Weekly (Mar. 18, 1939) then in 3 issues of The Saint Detective Magazine (AUS - Jan. 1956, UK - Mar. 1956 & US - May 1957). Also published in the collections The Happy Highwayman and The Saint Two In One.
An acting scam takes a young woman's life savings and the Saint does not appreciate that.