The Saint Strikes Back

Infobox Film
name = The Saint Strikes Back


caption =
director = John Farrow
producer = Robert Sisk
writer = John Twist
based on the Leslie Charteris novel, "She Was a Lady"
starring = George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Jonathan Hale
music = Roy Webb
cinematography = Frank Redman
editing = Jack Hively
distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
released = March 8, 1939
runtime = 64 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0031890
preceded_by = The Saint in New York
followed_by = The Saint in London|

"The Saint Strikes Back", released in 1939, is the second film featuring the crimebusting crusader Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". This was the first film to star George Sanders in the role, replacing Louis Hayward.

The movie was produced by RKO and also featured Wendy Barrie as female gang leader Val Travers. Barrie would later return in two more Saint films, playing different roles each time.

The script was based on the Leslie Charteris novel, "She Was a Lady" (Hodder and Stoughton, 1931) which was also published as "Angels of Doom" and "The Saint Meets His Match". The screenplay was by John Twist, who set the story in San Francisco (the original book takes place in England.) Robert Sisk produced and John Farrow directed.

Plot

The Saint dances at a New Year's party where an agent of Val Travers tries to shoot someone. Meanwhile, New York is about to send Inspector Henry Fernack to help the San Francisco police protect the community from the insidious Saint. Before Fernack can leave, the Saint arrives in New York and accompanies Fernack to the West Coast. The mystery becomes more involved once the Saint begins to search for a master criminal named Waldman. He not only finds him but, at the same time, proves Travers' deceased father, a police officer, was framed for a crime he'd never committed.

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