The Saint in New York (1938)

Directed by

Ben Holmes

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gentleman criminal and vigilante helps the New York police go after the city's criminal underworld after a lieutenant is murdered. It is the first film in the Saint series.

noirishfast-pacedgrittysuspensefulwittystylishclassic

What happens

The Saint in New York is a 1938 American crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city. Released by RKO Pictures, The Saint in New York marks the first screen appearance of Templar, also known as "The Saint". Louis Hayward stars as the title character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest. Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director for the film. This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint. After being replaced in the series by George Sanders, Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 in Hammer Films production of The Saint's Return. There had not been a Saint film made in twelve years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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