Sombras de Nueva York

Título original: The Saint in New York

1938
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1h 9min

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Louis Hayward and Kay Sutton in Sombras de Nueva York (1938)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaSimon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.

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Louis Hayward

Simon Templar, aka The Saint

Kay Sutton

Fay Edwards

Sig Ruman

Hutch Rellin
(as Sig Rumann)

Jonathan Hale

Inspector Henry Fernack

Jack Carson

Red Jenks

Paul Guilfoyle

Hymie Fanro

Frederick Burton

William Valcross

Ben Welden

Boots Papinoff

Charles Halton

Vincent Nather

Cliff Bragdon

Sebastian Lipke

Jay Adler

Eddie, a Hood
(sin acreditar)

George Anderson

Bonacci
(sin acreditar)

Leon Belasco

Driver
(sin acreditar)

Stanley Blystone

Policeman at the Zoo
(sin acreditar)

Shirley Coates

Viola Throckmorton
(sin acreditar)

Harry Depp

Shooting Witness
(sin acreditar)

Lester Dorr

Jacob S. 'Jake'
(sin acreditar)
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Paul Fix

Phil Farrell, Doorman at the Silver Club
(sin acreditar)

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7/10

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

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Curiosidades
The kidnapped child is Viola Throckmorton. In the novel, her name was Viola Inselheim, daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman. This is one of several alterations of ethnicity in the film adaptation. "Dutch," a gangster, becomes "Hutch" in the film. This was a possible reference to New York mobster Dutch Schultz - born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer - who was killed in 1935.

Pifias
Templar speaks the cabby's phone number, then dials it. It's Columbus 5-1098; on a rotary dial phone, 0, 9 and 8 are all full or nearly full turns of the dial, but when he dials it, it's all small turns until the last digit.

Citas
Simon Templar, aka The Saint: [flags down cab which brakes hard. Leans in] I smell burning rubber.
Sebastian Lipke, Taxi Driver: Best brakes in town, Boss, where to?
Simon Templar, aka The Saint: [Gets in] 49th, near 8th.
[reads taxi license on back of seat]
Simon Templar, aka The Saint: Just forget about those lights, Sebastian.
Sebastian Lipke, Taxi Driver: [looks back] Say, I know you!
Simon Templar, aka The Saint: Why shouldn't you? My life's an open book.
Sebastian Lipke, Taxi Driver: [looks back again] Why, you're the Saint! I seen your picture in tonight's paper!
Simon Templar, aka The Saint: Terrible picture. Made me look like Tarzan.

Versiones alternativas
Possibly for local censorship reasons some theatrical prints delete the brief scene revealing that the nun at the scene of the first of the Saint's killings was the Saint. Rather than a straight cut, it dissolves from the bystanders crowding round the body to the Saint's conversation after he has divested himself of the nun's habit.