The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

64 mins | Crime, Romance, Mystery | March 8, 1939

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.

The Saint Strikes Back

64 mins | Crime, Romance, Mystery | March 8, 1939

The Saint Strikes Back
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Saint Strikes Back
Directors John Farrow
Writers Leslie Charteris, John Twist

Cast

George Sanders

as The Saint / Simon Templar

Wendy Barrie

as Valerie 'Val' Travers

Jonathan Hale

as Inspector Henry Fernack

Jerome Cowan

as Cullis

Barry Fitzgerald

as Zipper Dyson

Neil Hamilton

as Allan Breck

Robert Elliott

as Chief Inspector Webster

Russell Hopton

as Harry Donnell

Edward Gargan

as Pinky Budd

Robert Strange

as Police Commisioner

Gilbert Emery

as Martin Eastman

James Burke

as Headquarters Police Officer

Nella Walker

as Mrs. Betty Fernack

Willie Best

as Algernon, Simon's Butler (Uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

as Organ Grinder (Uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

Jack Gargan

as Plane Passenger (Uncredited)

Tris Coffin

as Second Newscaster (Uncredited)

Gerald Hamer

as Val's Butler (Uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Policer Officer Moriarity (Uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Policeman in Commissioner's Office (Uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

as Police Captain Taylor (Uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Policeman with Cullis (Uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as Police Forensic Scientist (Uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as New York Detective Vance (Uncredited)

Ray Turner

as Porter at Airport (Uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Tex Brodus

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Tom Quinn

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Bob Reeves

as Police Officer (Uncredited)