RKO Radio Pictures
The Saint (RKO Radio Pictures) Collection
The Saint Takes Over
Labeled for DEATH!
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
- Original title
- The Saint Takes Over
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Dec 1, 2023 · via TMDB
When a police inspector is suspended on suspicion of fraud, it falls to his eponymous friend (George Sanders) to get to the bottom of things. It seems "Fernack" (Jonathan Hale) was found with $50,000 in his safe! Conclusive? Well soon our sleuth discovers that there is a cabal of five hoodlums determined to ruin his friend. Well they are, until, suddenly they themselves start dropping like flies. Are they betraying each other or is someone on the outside seeking revenge? "Templar" assisted by his police buddy, the not entirely trustworthy safecracker "Gates" (Paul Guilfoyle) and the slightly enigmatic "Ruth" (Wendy Barrie) who has penchant for roses must now identify and expose the culprit. Sanders was always good as the debonair, considered, detective who uses the minimum of brute force to apprehend his foes. Here the story is quite well written with a few red herrings and just enough intrigue to keep it interesting for just over an hour. Of course there's no jeopardy, but the denouement has a degree of sophistication to it that I found quite fun.
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George Sanders
Simon Templar
Wendy Barrie
Ruth Summers
Jonathan Hale
Inspector Henry Fernack
Paul Guilfoyle
Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
Morgan Conway
Sam Reese
Robert Emmett Keane
Leo Sloan
Cy Kendall
Max Bremer (as Cyrus W. Kendall)
James Burke
Patrolman Mike
Robert Middlemass
Captain Wade
Roland Drew
Albert 'Rocky' Weldon aka Rocks
Nella Walker
Lucy Fernack
Pierre Watkin
Ben Egan
William Bakewell
Shipboard Card Player
Joseph E. Bernard
Customs Inspector
Charles Dorety
Ship Steward
Lester Dorr
Welcoming Committee Man
Arthur Loft
Detective Grady
Paul McVey
Detective Phillips
Jack Perrin
Customs Officer
Bob Reeves
Police Officer
Larry Steers
Nightclub Patron
Sammy Stein
Hood
Charles Sullivan
Bartender
Theodore von Eltz
Shipboard Card Cheat
Larry Wheat
Nightclub Patron
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Renié
Costume Design
The Saint in New York
Premium Rush
Secret Defense
The Saint
The Saint In Palm Springs
The Saint's Double Trouble
The Saint's Vacation
Nancy
The Saint's Return
The Saint in London
The Fat Man
The Saint Strikes Back
The Saint Meets the Tiger
The Dance of Death
The Saint
Spiralized
Ouija
The Sun is Setting Soon
The Boundary Between The Sun And The Moon
Nuns with Guns
The Asphalt Jungle
Deliver Us from Evil
Shadow of the Thin Man
Plunder Road
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Nightfall
Each Dawn I Die
The Unholy Three
The Glass Key
Fallen Angel
M
The Blue Gardenia
Time Without Pity
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
A Kiss Before Dying
The Mean Season
Maniac
The Mirror Crack'd
See Spot Run
The Dark Past
Jun 7, 1940
