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The Saint Strikes Back

THE 'SAINT' SWINGS WEST!...to astound you again...in the second of fiction's modern 'Robin Hood' series of mystery and thrills!
Mar 8, 1939 · 1h 4m
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Mystery
Crime

PLOT

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.

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CAST

George Sanders
Simon Templar
Wendy Barrie
Valerie 'Val' Travers
Jonathan Hale
Inspector Henry Fernack
Jerome Cowan
Cullis
Barry Fitzgerald
Zipper Dyson
Neil Hamilton
Allan Breck
Robert Elliott
Chief Inspector Webster
Russell Hopton
Harry Donnell
Directed by John Farrow

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$128,000
Revenue
—
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Country
US

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