The Saint Takes Over (1940)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Jack Hively

Escritores:

Leslie Charteris (creator: "The Saint")
Lynn Root (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 junio 1940 (USA)

Género:

Misterio

Plot:

The Saint plays a "modern-day Robin Hood" in order to clear his friend, Henry Fernack, who was framed by mobsters. They run into a series of murders.

Plot Keywords:

The Saint | Murder | New York City | Assault | Gunfire

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Decent

Reparto

George Sanders	...	Simon Templar / The Saint
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

Duración:

69 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Recording System)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-7 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #6088)

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

This was the first movie in "The Saint" series not based on a story by Leslie Charteris.

Conexiones de Película:

Seguido por The Saint's Vacation (1941)

Decent

Saint Takes Over, The (1940)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Fifth film in RKO's series has George Sanders once again returning as The Saint. This time out his buddy is accused of a crime he didn't commit and disgraced so The Saint comes back to America to clear his name. While all of this is going on, we have a female going around seeking vengeance for the death of her brother but that's not all because mobsters are tied into a robbery. I must admit upfront that I haven't been overly impressed with any of the films from the series that Sanders has appeared in. I think the original film in the series was good but the three sequels were all fair at best. I'd call this one of the best of the Sanders films but it really starts off quite boring as the film spends way too much time trying to set up its story instead of delivering the goods. The second half of the film really picks up and leads to a nice ending and I really wish the first half had moved as well as the second. The highlight of the film is a scene where The Saint and a couple other men are trying to scare a confession out of a man but of course things don't go as planned. Sanders also delivers the best performance I've seen from him in the series and it's backed by a good music score.