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The Saint Strikes Back is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Farrow. It marks the second cinematic incarnation of the antihero crimefighting character Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". George Sanders replaced Louis Hayward, who had played the Saint in The Saint in New York. The movie was produced by RKO and also featured Wendy Barrie as female gang leader Val Travers. Barrie would appear in two more Saint films, playing different roles each time, though not in the next film in the series, The Saint in London. This was the second of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint.
In the film The Saint foils an assassination attempt by a member of Val Travers' gang, but is arrested by the police for the murder of the gang member. He persuades them to let him assist in apprehending a shadowy criminal mastermind. The script was based on the Leslie Charteris novel She Was a Lady (Hodder and Stoughton, 1931) which was also published as Angels of Doom and The Saint Meets His Match. The screenplay was by John Twist, who set the story in San Francisco (the book is set in England). Robert Sisk produced and John Farrow directed.
Original Release
03/08/1939
US Release
03/08/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Sanders | Simon Templar aka The Saint / Simon Templar |
Wendy Barrie | Val Travers / Valerie 'Val' Travers |
Jonathan Hale | Inspector Henry Fernack |
Jerome Cowan | Cullis |
Barry Fitzgerald | Zipper Dyson |
Neil Hamilton | Allan Breck |
Robert Elliott | Chief Inspector Webster |
Russell Hopton | Harry Donnell |
Edward Gargan | Pinky Budd |
Robert Strange | Police Commisioner |
Directors
Writers
John Twist, Leslie Charteris, A.C. Edington
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Sanders | Simon Templar aka The Saint / Simon Templar |
Wendy Barrie | Val Travers / Valerie 'Val' Travers |
Jonathan Hale | Inspector Henry Fernack |
Jerome Cowan | Cullis |
Barry Fitzgerald | Zipper Dyson |
Neil Hamilton | Allan Breck |
Robert Elliott | Chief Inspector Webster |
Russell Hopton | Harry Donnell |
Edward Gargan | Pinky Budd |
Robert Strange | Police Commisioner |
Gilbert Emery | Martin Eastman |
James Burke | Headquarters Police Officer |
Nella Walker | Mrs. Betty Fernack |
Willie Best | Algernon, Simon's Butler / Algernon, Simon's Butler (Uncredited) |
Tex Brodus | Nightclub Patron / Nightclub Patron (Uncredited) |
Paul E. Burns | Organ Grinder / Organ Grinder (Uncredited) |
Tristram Coffin | Second Newscaster |
Kernan Cripps | Police Sergeant / Police Sergeant (Uncredited) |
Jack Gargan | Plane Passenger / Plane Passenger (Uncredited) |
Gerald Hamer | Val's Butler / Val's Butler (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lee S. Marcus | Executive Producer |
Robert Sisk | Producer |