The Saint Takes Over (1940)
Movie Info
In this fourth film in RKO's series based on Leslie Charteris' modern Robin Hood "The Saint", George Sanders plays Simon Templar, alias the title character. The Saint's quarry is a ring of gamblers who have been fixing horse races. Inspector Fernack (Jonathan Hale), the Saint's friendly adversary, has been accused of accepting bribes to cover up the crooks' activities, prompting our hero to try to clear Fernack's reputation. Aided by his girlfriend (Wendy Barrie) and petty criminal Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle), the Saint routs the gamblers, but not before nearly losing his own life. George Sanders would play the Saint twice more before leaving the series to become The Falcon, a Saint-like sleuth in another of RKO's B-picture series.
Cast
George Sanders
as Simon Templar
as Simon Templar
Wendy Barrie
as Ruth
as Ruth
Jonathan Hale
as Inspector Henry Fernack
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Morgan Conway
as Sam Reese
as Sam Reese

Paul Guilfoyle
as Clarence `Pearly' Gates
as Clarence `Pearly' Gates

Robert Emmett Keane
as Leo Sloan
as Leo Sloan

Cy Kendall
as Max Bremer
as Max Bremer
James Burke
as Mike
as Mike
Robert Middlemass
as Capt. Wade
as Capt. Wade

Roland Drew
as `Rocky' Weldon
as `Rocky' Weldon
Nella Walker
as Lucy Fernack
as Lucy Fernack
Pierre Watkin
as Egan
as Egan
Theodore von Eltz
as Shipboard Card Cheater
as Shipboard Card Cheater
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All Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (0)
Fair programmer in the Saint series.
December 11, 2012 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
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