The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
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64% of users liked it
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The Saint Strikes Back was the second in the series of films featuring Simon Templay, better known as The Saint, and the first to star George Sanders in the role. Val Travers (Wendy Barrie) is the daughter of a police detective who killed himself after being dishonorably let go from the San… More The Saint Strikes Back was the second in the series of films featuring Simon Templay, better known as The Saint, and the first to star George Sanders in the role. Val Travers (Wendy Barrie) is the daughter of a police detective who killed himself after being dishonorably let go from the San Francisco Police Department, due to allegations that he was a member of a gang led by the mysterious criminal mastermind known only as Waldeman. Hoping to clear her father's name, Val has assembled a gang of minor criminal types to track down Waldeman, which puts her in trouble with the police. Templar crosses tracks with Val and, after hearing her story, believes that her father was framed, most likely by someone else working in the police department. Cullis, one of department's chief criminologists, dismisses this suggestion and implies that Templar might be Waldeman. Templar's investigations eventually find the real culprit and exonerates Val's father. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Farrow
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 8, 1939 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 14, 1994
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Nothing special, but the minor detective yarn is satisfactory in its workmanlike way of handling things.
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Cast
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George Sanders
as Simon Templar the Saint
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Wendy Barrie
as Val Travers
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Jonathan Hale
as Inspector Henry Fernack
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Jerome Cowan
as Cullis
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Neil Hamilton
as Allan Breck
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Barry Fitzgerald
as Zipper Dyson
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Robert Elliott
as Chief Inspector Webster
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Russell Hopton
as Harry Donnell
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Edward Gargan
as Pinky Budd
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Robert Strange
as Police Commissioner
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Gilbert Emery
as Martin Eastman
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James Burke
as Secretary
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Willie Best
as Algernon
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Paul E. Burns
as Organ Grinder
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Tristram Coffin
as Radio Announcer
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Robert E. Homans
as Moriarity Cop
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Nella Walker
as Mrs. Lucy Fernack
