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The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

THE 'SAINT' SWINGS WEST!...to astound you again...in the second of fiction's modern 'Robin Hood' series of mystery and thrills!

Part of The Saint (RKO Radio Pictures) Collection

1939•1h 4m•5.6/10
MysteryCrime

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5.6/10(18)

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

George Sanders

George Sanders

Simon Templar

Wendy Barrie

Wendy Barrie

Valerie 'Val' Travers

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Inspector Henry Fernack

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Cullis

Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald

Zipper Dyson

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Allan Breck

Robert Elliott

Robert Elliott

Chief Inspector Webster

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

Harry Donnell

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Pinky Budd

Robert Strange

Robert Strange

Police Commisioner

Gilbert Emery

Gilbert Emery

Martin Eastman

James Burke

James Burke

Headquarters Police Officer

Nella Walker

Nella Walker

Mrs. Betty Fernack

Willie Best

Willie Best

Algernon, Simon's Butler (Uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Organ Grinder (Uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Kernan Cripps

Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Plane Passenger (Uncredited)

Tristram Coffin

Tristram Coffin

Second Newscaster (Uncredited)

Gerald Hamer

Gerald Hamer

Val's Butler (Uncredited)

Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)

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