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The Saint Strikes Back ()

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Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.
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Simon Templar aka The Saint
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Val Travers
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Inspector Henry Fernack
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Cullis
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Zipper Dyson
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Allan Breck
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Chief Inspector Webster
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Harry Donnell
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Pinky Budd
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Police Commisioner
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Martin Eastman
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Headquarters Police Officer
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Mrs. Betty Fernack
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Algernon, Simon's Butler (uncredited)
Tex Brodus ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Organ Grinder (uncredited)
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Second Newscaster (uncredited)
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Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Jack Gargan ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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Val's Butler (uncredited)
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Policer Officer Moriarity (uncredited)
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Policeman in Commissioner's Office (uncredited)
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Police Captain Taylor (uncredited)
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Policeman with Cullis (uncredited)
Ted Oliver ...
Police Forensic Scientist (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
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New York Detective Vance (uncredited)
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Porter at Airport (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Farrow

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John Twist ... (screenplay)
 
Leslie Charteris ... (novel "Angels Of Doom")
 
A.C. Edington ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

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Robert Sisk ... producer

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Roy Webb ... (uncredited)

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Frank Redman ... (photographed by)

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Jack Hively

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Van Nest Polglase

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Renié ... (gowns)

Production Management

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Lee S. Marcus ... production executive (as Lee Marcus)

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Eddie Donahoe ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Albert S. D'Agostino ... associate art director (as Albert D'Agostino)

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Earl A. Wolcott ... recordist

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Roy Webb ... musical director
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Plot Summary

A disgraced policeman's daughter in San Francisco is busy acquiring a name for herself as a crime boss in her own right. But when Simon Templar helps her get away after a shooting in a night-club and subsequently chooses to bring down his old acquaintance Inspector Fernack from New York, the question as to who is on which side of the law becomes increasingly confused -- especially when the vital evidence, in the shape of eighty thousand stolen dollars, spends most of the film in the Saint's pocket! Written by Igenlode Wordsmith

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Taglines THE 'SAINT' SWINGS WEST!...to astound you again...in the second of fiction's modern 'Robin Hood' series of mystery and thrills! (Print Ad-Ogdensburg Journal, ((Ogdensurg, NY)) 27 March 1939) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Saint Strikes Twice (United States)
  • Le Saint contre-attaque (France)
  • El Santo ataca de nuevo (Spain, Castilian title)
  • Святой наносит ответный удар (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • A szentek visszavágnak (Hungary)
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  • 64 min
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Budget $128,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The first film in the series to utilize the whistled "Saint Theme". The composer is unknown, but is held to be either Templar's creator Leslie Charteris or RKO's Roy Webb. See more »
Goofs The American Airlines DC-3 "Flagship Skysleeper" airplane that lands in "Fort Worth" is shown pulling away from the gate for departure. However, in subsequent shots, two different aircraft are used. In the long shot of it turning around at the end of the runway, it's not even a silver DC-3, and in the takeoff shot, it's a different AA DC-3 (note the missing "Flagship Skysleeper" emblem). See more »
Movie Connections Followed by The Saint in London (1939). See more »
Soundtracks Auld Lang Syne See more »
Quotes Val Travers: Why are you telling *me* all this?
Simon Templar, aka 'The Saint': Because... well... because I love you. But don't let's get sticky about it - I'm really a very shallow person. I also love fireflies, mocking-birds and pink sunsets. I think, however, that we could find each other more diverting than a pink sunset, don't you?
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