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The Saint in New York is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Ben Holmes released in USA on 3 june 1938 with Louis Hayward

The Saint in New York (1938)

The Saint in New York
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Released in USA 3 june 1938
Length 1h9
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating62% 3.1477253.1477253.1477253.1477253.147725

The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. Released by RKO Pictures, The Saint in New York marks the first screen appearance of Simon Templar - "The Saint". Louis Hayward stars as the titular character, with Kay Sutton as his love interest. Hayward would not play The Saint again until 1953 after being replaced by George Sanders.

The New York police department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city after a police officer is killed. This was the first of eight films in RKO's film series about The Saint. Alfred Hitchcock was initially discussed as a possible director.

Synopsis

Police Lieutenant Martin, an officer leading the fight against New York gangsters, is killed. Jake Irbell is arrested and charged with his murder, but has to be released when prosecution witnesses are either coerced into changing their testimony or simply disappear. A civilian crime commission demands action of the police commissioner, but he has no fresh ideas. William Valcross (Frederick Burton), a respected leading citizen and member of the commission, suggests they resort to drastic measures and recruit Simon Templar (Louis Hayward), the "Saint", a British amateur Detective with a reputation for dealing with criminals outside the law. The commissioner reluctantly agrees to give the Saint free rein to do what he must.

Actors

Louis Hayward

(Simon Templar)Jonathan Hale

(Inspector Henry Fernack)Sig Ruman

(Hutch Rellin)Jack Carson

(Red Jenks)Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)

(Hymie Fanro)
And :
Frederick Burton
Ben Welden
Charles Halton
Jay Adler
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(1940) The Saint's Double Trouble
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(1940) The Saint In Palm Springs
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(1941) The Saint's Vacation
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(1941) The Saint Meets the Tiger
The Saint Meets the Tiger
(1941) The Saint's Return
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(1953) The Saint Lies in Wait
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(1966) The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
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(1989) The Saint
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