Simon Templar face au Saint

Original title: The Saint's Double Trouble

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George Sanders, Byron Foulger, and Helene Reynolds in Simon Templar face au Saint (1940)

An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.

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George Sanders

Simon Templar aka The Saint…

Helene Reynolds

Anne Bitts
(as Helene Whitney)

Jonathan Hale

Inspector Henry Fernack

Bela Lugosi

The Partner

Donald MacBride

John Bohlen

John F. Hamilton

Limpy

Thomas W. Ross

Professor Horatio Bitts

Elliott Sullivan

Monk

Stanley Blystone

Detective Sadler
(uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Police Sergeant
(uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Ephraim Byrd
(uncredited)

Billy Franey

Street Shooting Witness
(uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Police Sergeant
(uncredited)

William Haade

Helm Van Roon aka 'The Dutchman'
(uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Card Player
(uncredited)

Pat McKee

Card Player
(uncredited)

Lal Chand Mehra

Cairo Express Office Clerk
(uncredited)

Walter Miller

Mac - Bartender
(uncredited)

Director
- Jack Hively
Writers
- Ben Holmes
- Leslie Charteris
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Trivia
At the beginning, when Partner (Bela Lugosi) ships the coffin-shaped wooden box, he is charged £4 and 6s. That would equate to about $350.00 in 2024.

Goofs
The mummy's coffin that is shipped from Cairo is obviously different from the one that arrives at Professor Bitts' home. The writing on the coffin that arrives at Professor Bitts' home is neater, the "Paid" stamps are in different locations, and the twine around the coffin is in a different location.

Quotes
Policeman: [after he's shot "The Boss"] Shall I call an ambulance?
Inspector Henry Fernack: Better make it a hearse.

Connections
Followed by Le Saint reprend du service (1940)

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Will interest only Saint fans

Unlike James Bond, the equally debonair Saint never made a successful transition to film from the fictional works of Leslie Charteris. Charteris hated all the film Saints - George Sanders, Hugh Sinclair and Leslie Howard. He thought that Cary Grant was the ideal choice for the role. But in the 1940s, the film industry would only make B-movies featuring the Saint. Since Cary Grant did not appear in B-movies, George Sanders got the role. He was popular in it at that time. Sanders always played suave cads extremely well. The Saint of the novels was also a suave cad, yet his creator did not approve of George Sanders. Charteris probably disliked Sanders because the latter did not physically resemble his creation. Roger Moore, the Saint of the small screen, came much closer to Charteris' ideal.

"The Saint's Double Trouble" is worth watching if you are Saint fan. If you like the sneering, sardonic George Sanders like I do, you will like it.

(Reviewed by Sundar Narayan)