The Saint Movie Collection - All 8


The Saint (film series) refers to eight B movies made by RKO Pictures
between 1938 and 1941, based on some of the books in British author
Leslie Charteris' long-running series about the fictional character Simon
Templar, better known as The Saint.A few years after creating the
character in 1928, Charteris was successful in getting RKO Radio
Pictures interested in a film based on one of his books. The first, The
Saint in New York, came in 1938 and was based on the 1935 novel of
the same name. It starred Louis Hayward as Simon Templar and
Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Farnack, the American counterpart
to the British character, Chief inspector Claud Eustace Teal.
The film was a success and seven more films followed rapidly.
They were sometimes based upon outlines by Charteris, while others
were based loosely on his novels or novellas. George Sanders took
over from Hayward as The Saint in the second film, and starred in a
further four between 1939 and 1941, before being enticed by RKO
to play the lead in their forthcoming series about The Falcon, which
they made into a blatant copy of The Saint.


The Saint in New York (1938) – with Louis Hayward as The Saint
The Saint Strikes Back (1939) – with George Sanders as The Saint
The Saint in London (1939) – with George Sanders as The Saint
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) – with George Sanders as The Saint
The Saint Takes Over (1940) – with George Sanders as The Saint
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) –with George Sanders as The Saint
The Saint's Vacation (1941) – with Hugh Sinclair as The Saint
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941) – with Hugh Sinclair as The Saint

 

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