The Saint's Girl Friday

Infobox Film
name = The Saint's Girl Friday
a.k.a. The Saint's Return


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director = Seymour Friedman
producer = Anthony Hinds
Julian Lesser
writer = Allan MacKinnon
based on characters by Leslie Charteris
starring = Louis Hayward
Naomi Chance
music =
cinematography = Walter J. Harvey
editing = James Needs
distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
released = October 12, 1953
runtime = 73 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0047440
preceded_by = The Saint Meets the Tiger
followed_by = |:"The Saint's Return redirects here; for the Leslie Charteris novella collection of similar title, see The Saint Returns."

"The Saint's Girl Friday" is the title of an American-British crime thriller motion picture that was distributed by RKO in 1953, filmed by Royal Productions in London, and produced by Julian Lesser. American release of the film occurred in 1954. It was the last in a series of popular films, dating back 1938, featuring the character of Simon Templar, hero of a series of novels by Leslie Charteris. It was also released under the title "The Saint's Return".

Louis Hayward, who had been the first actor to play Templar in the series 18 years earlier (see "The Saint in New York"), returned to the role one last time for this film.

Although based upon Charteris' character, the film was an original work and not based directly upon any of his original stories.

Charteris had a percentage in the film,.Fact|date=February 2007 the first "Saint" film to be produced in 10 years, in hopes that it would revive the movie series, but this did not occur. In 1960, Royal Productions produced a French film entitled "Le Saint mène la danse" starring Felix Marten in the lead. Charteris reportedly was so disgusted that he refused to allow Royal Productions any further usage of the character.Fact|date=February 2007 It wasn't until 1962 and the advent of the TV version of "The Saint" starring Roger Moore that the character achieved lasting success beyond the literary world. The next English-language theatrical film featuring the character wouldn't be released until 1997.

Cast

Louis Hayward ... Simon Templar
Naomi Chance ... Carol Denby
Sydney Tafler ... Max Lennar
Charles Victor ... Chief Insp. Claud Teal
Jane Carr ... Kate Finch
Harold Lang ... Jarvis
William Russell ... Keith Merton (as Russell Enoch)
Diana Dors ... The Blonde in Lennar's Apartment
Fred Johnson ... Irish Cassidy
Thomas Gallagher ... Hoppy, his valet
Russell Napier ... Col. Stafford
Sam Kydd ... Barkley (Joe Podd)

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