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The Saint Strikes Back: Directed by John Farrow. With George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Jerome Cowan. Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- John Farrow
The Saint Strikes Back is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Farrow. It marks the second cinematic incarnation of the antihero crimefighting character Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". George Sanders replaced Louis Hayward, who had played the Saint in The Saint in New York.
A disgraced policeman's daughter in San Francisco is busy acquiring a name for herself as a crime boss in her own right. But when Simon Templar helps her get away after a shooting in...
Private detective Simon Templar, known as "The Saint," becomes entangled in an investigation of a major San Franciscan crime ring headed by an elusive character known only to the police as Waldeman. When a gang murder occurs at the Colony Club on New Year's Eve, it triggers the flight of Val Travers, the daughter of a police inspector who ...
- John Farrow, Edward Donahue
- George Sanders
The Saint Strikes Back is a complex little tale that takes The Saint to San Francisco and pitches him against a supposed female mob boss. John Twist's screenplay is tailor made for Sanders, ensuring he gets to play up the caddish rogue act with a tongue as sharp as a serpent.
Police Inspector Travers has committed suicide after being discharged from the police force on suspicion of being part of the gang, and his daughter, Valarie, has organized her own crime ring in order to bring out the mysterious Waldeman and prove her father's innocence.
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