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25/05/1938 Crime, Thriller 1h 9m
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Meet fiction's modern Robin Hood - brought to thrilling life!

Overview

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.

  1. Ben Holmes

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Louis Hayward

    Simon Templar

  2. Kay Sutton

    Fay Edwards

  3. Sig Ruman

    Hutch Rellin

  4. Jonathan Hale

    Inspector Henry Fernack

  5. Jack Carson

    Red Jenks

  6. Paul Guilfoyle

    Hymie Fanro

  7. Frederick Burton

    William Valcross

  8. Ben Welden

    Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff

  9. Charles Halton

    Vincent Nather

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-04-12
I'm such a hero I hardly recognise myself.

So it begins, the start of the realisation of Leslie Charteris' literary creation, one Simon Templar, AKA: The Saint. And it's a good start to be sure.

Templar here is played by Louis Hayward, all smirky confidence, lithe and deadly, Templar is "hired" by some big city suits to snuff out New York's baddies who have in turn been snuffing out policemen and getting away with it. He's deadly, has a quip on the tongue and laughs in the face of danger, and of course he can charm the ladies as well. He gets into scrapes, meaning we get to enjoy his man...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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