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Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.
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Willie Best
- Algernon, Simon's Butler
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Organ Grinder
- (uncredited)
Tristram Coffin
- Second Newscaster
- (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Twist
- Leslie Charteris
- A.C. Edington(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsThe airport at "Fort Worth" as indicated in this film, does not have towering hills as shown in the background. In reality, it's basically flat terrain as far as the eye can see.
- 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?
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Saint in London (1939)
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The Snide Saint
George Sanders makes his first appearance as the Saint in this film and all I can think is: "Hey, It's Addison DeWitt, private eye!" Because this Saint is nothing but snide, more prone to shoot off a cutting remark than a gun. Did Sanders ever make a movie where you didn't get the feeling he was slumming? Where you didn't get the feeling it pained him to be surrounded by such fools? (Making one wonder, then, why the hell he married Zsa Zsa Gabor.) Playing opposite as the romantic interest is Wendy Barrie, who comes off as more hard-boiled than a two-hour egg. Then, of course, Barrie was a pretty tough broad, having been Bugsy Siegel's girl before Virginia "I'll put my mouth where the money is!" Hill came along. This was also the first of Barrie's three appearances in the Saint series, although she played a different character each time.
But what of the film itself? Well, there's not much to say--the plot is confusing the minor characters difficult to tell apart and the visuals not particularly interesting. The real enjoyment in this picture comes from Sander's deadly wit and Barrie's remarkable aura of toughness.
But what of the film itself? Well, there's not much to say--the plot is confusing the minor characters difficult to tell apart and the visuals not particularly interesting. The real enjoyment in this picture comes from Sander's deadly wit and Barrie's remarkable aura of toughness.
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- scorpio-x
- Jul 22, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Saint Strikes Twice
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(establishing shots, backgrounds, archive footage)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $128,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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