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The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London poster
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Simon Templar, a gentleman adventurer known as the Saint, gets involved in a case in London. He uses his cleverness and charm to outwit criminals and solve the mystery.

brisk-pacedwittylight-heartedsuaveplayfulcrime-solving1930s charmdetective

What happens

The Saint in London is a 1939 British crime film, the third of eight films in RKO's film series featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". It stars George Sanders as Templar and was produced by William Sistrom. John Paddy Carstairs directed. Lynn Root and Frank Fenton wrote the screenplay based on Leslie Charteris' short story "The Million Pound Day", which was published in the 1932 collection The Holy Terror, published in the United States as The Saint vs. Scotland Yard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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