The Saint Strikes Back
6.2
“THE 'SAINT' SWINGS WEST!...to astound you again...in the second of fiction's modern 'Robin Hood' series of mystery and thrills!”
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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Part of The Saint (RKO Radio Pictures) Collection
9 films
The Saint in New York
Movie · 1938
The Saint Strikes Back
Movie · 1939
The Saint in London
Movie · 1939
The Saint's Double Trouble
Movie · 1940
The Saint Takes Over
Movie · 1940
The Saint In Palm Springs
Movie · 1941
The Saint's Vacation
Movie · 1941
The Saint Meets the Tiger
Movie · 1941
The Saint's Return
Movie · 1953
Cast
31 people
George Sanders
Simon Templar
Known for
The Jungle Book
Rebecca
Tris Coffin
Second Newscaster
Wendy Barrie
Valerie 'Val' Travers
Known for
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dead End
Jonathan Hale
Inspector Henry Fernack
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Fury
Jerome Cowan
Cullis
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Barry Fitzgerald
Zipper Dyson
Known for
And Then There Were None
The Naked City
Neil Hamilton
Allan Breck
Known for
Batman
Tarzan the Ape Man
Robert Elliott
Chief Inspector Webster
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
The Roaring Twenties
Russell Hopton
Harry Donnell
Known for
The Miracle Woman
'G' Men
Edward Gargan
Pinky Budd
Also in
Detective Kitty O'Day
A-Haunting We Will Go
Robert Strange
Police Commisioner
Known for
The Walking Dead
Marked Woman
Gilbert Emery
Martin Eastman
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
A Farewell to Arms
John Farrow Director · John Twist Screenplay Leslie Charteris Author
Worldwide gross $460K · Budget $128K · United States release March 8, 1939
Box office
Budget
$128,000
Worldwide gross
$460,000
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 8, 1939
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
March 10, 1939 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 23, 1974 · TV
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