The Saint in New York
Meet fiction's modern Robin Hood - brought to thrilling life!
1938 | 69m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Ben Holmes |
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| Writer: | Leslie Charteris, Mortimer Offner, Charles Kaufman |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 25, 1938 |
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| Director: | Ben Holmes |
| Writer: | Leslie Charteris, Mortimer Offner, Charles Kaufman |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | the saint |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Louis Hayward | Simon Templar |
| Kay Sutton | Fay Edwards |
| Sig Ruman | Hutch Rellin |
| Jonathan Hale | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| Jack Carson | Red Jenks |
| Paul Guilfoyle | Hymie Fanro |
| Frederick Burton | William Valcross |
| Ben Welden | Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff |
| Charles Halton | Vincent Nather |
| Cliff Bragdon | Sebastian Lipke |
| Jay Adler | Eddie (Uncredited) |
| George Anderson | Bonacci (Uncredited) |
| Leon Belasco | Driver (Uncredited) |
| Stanley Blystone | Policeman at the Zoo (Uncredited) |
| Harry Depp | Shooting Witness (Uncredited) |
| Lester Dorr | Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited) |
| Paul Fix | Phil Farrell (Uncredited) |
| Jack Gargan | Airline Official (Uncredited) |
| George Irving | Judge (Uncredited) |
| Richard Lane | Dispatcher (Uncredited) |
| Edward LeSaint | Citizens Committee Member (Uncredited) |
| Rollo Lloyd | Bartender (Uncredited) |
| Torben Meyer | German Police Prefect (Uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Speakeasy Patron (Uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | Court Bailiff (Uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Detective Kestry (Uncredited) |
| Tom Quinn | Thug Door Guard (Uncredited) |
| Julian Rivero | San Marco Police Commandant (Uncredited) |
| Frank M. Thomas | Prosecutor (Uncredited) |
| Anthony Warde | Maury Yule (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ben Holmes | Director |
| Leslie Charteris | Novel |
| Mortimer Offner | Screenplay |
| Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Harry Marker | Editor |
| Frank Redman | Director of Photography |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Don L. Cash | Makeup Artist |
| John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| Louie Anderson | Grip |
| Perry Ferguson | Assistant Art Director |
| Charles Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Anthony Veiller | Treatment |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William Sistrom | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 8 | 901 | 934 |
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 many escapes from impending death, he does indeed assassinate bad guys; and has us firmly on side in the process, and he crucially has us hankering for more of Charteris' rogue good guy! It's good old fashioned fantastical fun mixed with some rugged 1930s gangster shenanigans. Hooray! 7/10