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Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.
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Willie Best
- Algernon, Simon's Butler
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Organ Grinder
- (uncredited)
Tristram Coffin
- Second Newscaster
- (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Twist
- Leslie Charteris
- A.C. Edington(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first film in the series to utilize the whistled "Saint Theme". The composer is unknown, but is held to be either Templar's creator Leslie Charteris or RKO's Roy Webb.
- GoofsThe Saint looks up Martin Eastman's address in a directory. Eastman's entry precedes that of someone called Earle, which of course it should follow in alphabetical order.
- Quotes
Val Travers: Why are you telling *me* all this?
Simon Templar, aka 'The Saint': Because... well... because I love you. But don't let's get sticky about it - I'm really a very shallow person. I also love fireflies, mocking-birds and pink sunsets. I think, however, that we could find each other more diverting than a pink sunset, don't you?
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Saint in London (1939)
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Compared to other Saint series films, this one is mighty dull and uninspiring
I love B-detective series films like Charlie Chan, Sherlock Holmes and The Falcon. Sure, they are mighty predictable, but there is also a certain charm and sense of fun about them that is hard to beat. While the Saint series is not my favorite, I have always enjoyed them because I love seeing George Sanders so gracefully navigate himself through the mystery--he was the epitome of cool and sophisticated. Because of this, I often find myself watching the film for his performance but caring little for the actual mystery (so many of them seem similar). However, in this dull effort, I just couldn't get past the lifeless plot and lack of decent supporting characters. Compared to most of the other films in this series, this might just be the worst, though I did appreciate how the film made reference to the prior film (starring Louis Hayward)--giving the film a sense of continuity and context. Now this isn't to say it's bad--but unfortunately, it is only a time-passer and not a whole lot more.
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- planktonrules
- Mar 21, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- The Saint Strikes Twice
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(establishing shots, backgrounds, archive footage)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $128,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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