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!
64 min
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.
- Release date
- March 8, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $128,000
Cast
- George Sanders as Simon Templar aka The Saint
- Wendy Barrie as Val Travers
- Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Fernack
- Jerome Cowan as Cullis
- Barry Fitzgerald as Zipper Dyson
- Neil Hamilton as Allan Breck
- Robert Elliott as Chief Inspector Webster
- Russell Hopton as Harry Donnell
- Edward Gargan as Pinky Budd
- Robert Strange as Police Commisioner
Crew
- John Farrow · Director
- John Twist · Writer
- Leslie Charteris · Writer
- Robert Sisk · Producer
- Frank Redman · Cinematographer
- Jack Hively · Editor