The Saint Takes Over (1940)
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
Watch nowCrime, Mystery
Cast
- George Sanders — Simon Templar
- Wendy Barrie — Ruth Summers
- Jonathan Hale — Inspector Henry Fernack
- Paul Guilfoyle — Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
- Morgan Conway — Sam Reese
- Robert Emmett Keane — Leo Sloan
- Cy Kendall — Max Bremer (as Cyrus W. Kendall)
- James Burke — Patrolman Mike
- Robert Middlemass — Captain Wade
- Roland Drew — Albert 'Rocky' Weldon aka Rocks
- Nella Walker — Lucy Fernack
- Pierre Watkin — Ben Egan
More like this
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
- Plunder Road (1957)
- The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
- Maniac (1963)
- Fallen Angel (1945)
- Time Without Pity (1957)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- Nightfall (1956)
- Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
- Murder in Three Acts (1986)
- The Night Stalker (1972)
- Song of the Thin Man (1947)
- The Blue Gardenia (1953)
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
- The Naked City (1948)
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
- The Cheap Detective (1978)
- Family Plot (1976)
- Pickup on South Street (1953)
- Wrong Cops (2013)