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The Saint Strikes Back is a film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 10 march 1939 with George Sanders

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

The Saint Strikes Back
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Released in USA 10 march 1939
Length 1h4
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0986153.0986153.0986153.0986153.098615

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.

Synopsis

While dancing at a New Year's party, the Saint spots an agent of Valerie Travers preparing to shoot someone, so Templar guns him down first at the stroke of midnight. Templar is placed by witnesses at the scene, so the San Francisco police request the assistance of Inspector Henry Fernack (Jonathan Hale) of the NYPD. Before Fernack can leave, the Saint arrives in New York and accompanies him to the West Coast.

Actors

George Sanders

(Simon Templar)
Wendy Barrie

(Valerie 'Val' Travers)
Jonathan Hale

(Inspector Henry Fernack)
Jerome Cowan

(Cullis)
Barry Fitzgerald

(Zipper Dyson)
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