George Sanders
Simon Templar
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
"THE 'SAINT' SWINGS WEST!...to astound you again...in the second of fiction's modern 'Robin Hood' series of mystery and thrills!"
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Overview
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.
John Farrow
Director
John Twist
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
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
Edward Gargan
Pinky Budd
Robert Strange
Police Commisioner
Gilbert Emery
Martin Eastman
James Burke
Headquarters Police Officer
Nella Walker
Mrs. Betty Fernack
Willie Best
Algernon, Simon's Butler (Uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Organ Grinder (Uncredited)
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