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Director:
Ben Holmes
Writers:
Leslie Charteris (novel)
Charles Kaufman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 June 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance more
Tagline:
Meet fiction's modern Robin Hood - brought to thrilling life!
Plot:
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations. more | add synopsis
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Extraordinary in its Ethical Dimension; a Fast-Paced Noir Mission more (14 total)

Cast

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Louis Hayward ... Simon Templar, aka The Saint
Kay Sutton ... Fay Edwards
Sig Ruman ... Hutch Rellin (as Sig Rumann)
Jonathan Hale ... Inspector Henry Fernack

Jack Carson ... Red Jenks
Paul Guilfoyle ... Hymie Fanro
Frederick Burton ... William Valcross
Ben Welden ... Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff
Charles Halton ... Vincent Nather
Cliff Bragdon ... Sebastian Lipke, Taxi Driver
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Runtime:
69 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
UK:PG | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:(Banned) | USA:Approved (PCA #4157)
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

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Referenced in The Boondock Saints (1999) more

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Extraordinary in its Ethical Dimension; a Fast-Paced Noir Mission, 26 June 2005
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Author: silverscreen888

This by my lights is a splendid and very good story about Leslie Charteris's enigmatic character, Simon Templar, "the Saint"; it was the first of a series of films which starred several actors inn the role. Louis Hayward is fascinating inn the part, occasionally a bit stodgy but intelligent, and compelling. The film was directed by Ben Holmes, and also stars Kay Sutton as an enigmatic bad girl, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson and many others in small but effective parts. The storyline is what set\s this ethical masterpiece apart. Templar is tracked down in foreign parts by an honest man representing a group in New York who want to bring down the mysterious crime boss who is poisoning the city with his influence. Templar, for his own reasons--the challenge, the chance to accomplish something worthwhile--agrees to risk his life; not for altruism but for his own code of values, his own desire to use his talents to the full. He starts pushing, commits some questionable break-ins and more,, all the time making himself more dangerous and getting closer to finding out who the big fella" is. I will not reveal the climax or the ending, except to say Templar has fallen in love with Kay--but she can never be his after what happens. Roy Webb wrote the music; the production values of this B/W gem are subtle and a little above average. But what drives it is the script, written from Charteris's novel,; it is the best of an interesting series because it is fast-paced, original, clever in dialogue and clear in its contexted ethical purposiveness; the group who hired him and the viewers finally come to know that they picked the right man, whatever doubts they may originally have had about the famous and notorious Simon Templar. Sutton is very good; Carson and several others are very competent also. Highly recommended.

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