RKO Radio Pictures
The Saint (RKO Radio Pictures) Collection
The Saint in New York
Meet fiction's modern Robin Hood - brought to thrilling life!
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
- Original title
- The Saint in New York
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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John Chard
Apr 12, 2014 · via TMDB
I'm such a hero I hardly recognise myself. So it begins, the start of the realisation of Leslie Charteris' literary creation, one Simon Templar, AKA: The Saint. And it's a good start to be sure. Templar here is played by Louis Hayward, all smirky confidence, lithe and deadly, Templar is "hired" by some big city suits to snuff out New York's baddies who have in turn been snuffing out policemen and getting away with it. He's deadly, has a quip on the tongue and laughs in the face of danger, and of course he can charm the ladies as well. He gets into scrapes, meaning we get to enjoy his many escapes from impending death, he does indeed assassinate bad guys; and has us firmly on side in the process, and he crucially has us hankering for more of Charteris' rogue good guy! It's good old fashioned fantastical fun mixed with some rugged 1930s gangster shenanigans. Hooray! 7/10
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Louis Hayward
Simon Templar
Kay Sutton
Fay Edwards
Sig Ruman
Hutch Rellin
Jonathan Hale
Inspector Henry Fernack
Jack Carson
Red Jenks
Paul Guilfoyle
Hymie Fanro
Ben Welden
Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff
Charles Halton
Vincent Nather
Jay Adler
Eddie (Uncredited)
Leon Belasco
Driver (Uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Policeman at the Zoo (Uncredited)
Harry Depp
Shooting Witness (Uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)
Paul Fix
Phil Farrell (Uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Airline Official (Uncredited)
George Irving
Judge (Uncredited)
Richard Lane
Dispatcher (Uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Citizens Committee Member (Uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Bartender (Uncredited)
Torben Meyer
German Police Prefect (Uncredited)
Harold Miller
Speakeasy Patron (Uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Court Bailiff (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Detective Kestry (Uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas
Prosecutor (Uncredited)
Anthony Warde
Maury Yule (Uncredited)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Anthony Veiller
Treatment
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Charles Kaufman
Screenplay
In Time
The Saint Takes Over
Secret Defense
1
The Saint
The Saint In Palm Springs
The Saint's Double Trouble
The Saint's Return
The Saint's Vacation
The Saint in London
The Fat Man
The Saint Strikes Back
The Saint Meets the Tiger
The Dance of Death
The Saint
Kara Krus
Osprey
The Sun is Setting Soon
The Boundary Between The Sun And The Moon
Nuns with Guns
The Asphalt Jungle
Pickup on South Street
Shadow of the Thin Man
Plunder Road
Each Dawn I Die
LaRoy, Texas
Porridge
The Unholy Three
The Glass Key
T-Men
Indemnity
The Wild One
Time Without Pity
Chief of Station
Dick Tracy
Maniac
Black Widow
Islands
The Quiller Memorandum
The Apology
May 25, 1938
New York City, New York
Jun 3, 1938
