The Saint Takes Over (1940)

Directed by

Jack Hively

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Simon Templar, the suave criminal known as the Saint, gets involved with a new case. He works with a romantic interest to solve a crime.

light-heartedbreezycleverromanticplayfulquick-wittedcrime-solvingfast-paced

What happens

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, is the fifth of eight films in RKO's film series about Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. George Sanders plays Templar for the fourth time; he made his final Saint picture the following year. Wendy Barrie plays his latest romantic interest in the second of her three repertory appearances in the Saint film series. In 1941, RKO replaced its Saint series with The Falcon, also starring George Sanders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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