THE GEORGE SANDERS SAINT MOVIES COLLECTION:

These are all in very good shape, with the only
real drawback being that there is no closed
captioning!!!!!

THE SAINT STRIKES BACK(1939):

What a great movie! George Sanders does his role
wonderfully, with great support from Wendy Barry,
Jonathan Hale and Jerome Cowan! One of the best
performances is by Barry Fitzgerald as Zipper!!
This even has Commissioner Gordon, Neil Hamilton!!
A great who-dun-it, worth the price of the whole
set!! A+

A review from IMDb.com:

George Sanders made his debut as Leslie Charteris's
international man of mystery Simon Templar, AKA The
Saint in this film, The Saint Strikes Back. For all
the rumors about his crooked ways Sanders is more
often helping the local authorities than not,
especially if it's doggedly honest Inspector
Fernack of the NYPD homicide squad resolutely
played as always by Jonanthan Hale.

One gets jet lagged now with the time zone changes
and the jet air speeds with coast to coast flights.
But Sanders had to have the worst case of it film
history as he flies from San Francisco to New York
after saving Wendy Barrie from being the object of
a hit man. She's the daughter of a disgraced former
NYPD detective who was accused of crookedness and
took his own life. Now she's a West Coast wild child
and thought to be in the rackets as well. Sanders
then flies back bringing Hale in tow.

She's close to them however in her associates and
it's up to the Saint to discover who's a San
Francisco rackets boss and bring them to justice.

Sanders who in most films was the movie's biggest
cad is a fine hero, a regular modern Robin Hood.
Still people don't believe he's quite honest and
he likes it that way.

If you like the books and the films, you'll enjoy
this one. - bkoganbing

Another excellent movie!! This one has Templer
back in his homeland of Jolly Ole' England where
he gets involved with international espionage!!
Along the way he picks up a couple of helpers:
Penny Parker & Dugan!! Both of these characters
add a lot to the movie!! Again, excellent!! A

A review from IMDb.com:

George Sanders is in London for The Saint In London
and for real. RKO actually splurged and filmed this
on the other side of the pond. While in London he gets
involved with a gang of counterfeiters operating out
of an fictitious Eastern European country. Of course
the villains sound very Germanic to me.

As his man Friday David Burns made one of his few
films of the time, he was more on stage this early
in his career. Also along for the thrill of a little
adventure is Sally Gray who makes an unsuccessful
play for Sanders. Personally I think I'd rather not
be involved with someone known as The Saint.

As usual Sanders is urbane, witty, and charming
and seems never at a loss when it comes to outsmarting
both sides of the law. Gordon McLeod is the Scotland
Yard Inspector who hasn't quite learned to go with
the flow the way his opposite number in New York
Inspector Fernack has done.

The unflappable George Sanders is always fun either
as a Saint or a Falcon. - bkoganbing

Not quite as great as the first two movies, still
a lot of fun!! I think the main problem is seeing
Simon Templer as both good and bad(though of course
the bad wasn't really the Saint)!! Still, not a bad
movie and definitely one to watch!! And having Bela
Lugosi in it helps a lot, though in a pretty small
roll!! A-

A review from IMDb.com:

George Sanders, in fact two George Sanders, arrive
in the City of Brotherly Love to investigate a nice
little diamond smuggling racket. But what a place to
smuggle diamonds, in the sarcophagus of a long dead
Egyptian mummy. What interests Simon Templar however
is the fact that the head of the racket is a dead
ringer for him and also played by George Sanders.
He might well be responsible for the unsavory
reputation the Saint has in some quarters.

Jonathan Hale as Inspector Fernack is in from New
York and as the most authoritative expert on the
activities of Simon Templar is drafted by the
Philadelphia police in the person of Donald
MacBride. In fact Fernack knows of a telltale
scar on the wrist of the real Templar and can
tell them apart. That fact proves most handy.

Bela Lugosi has an inexplicably small role as
'the partner' in the smuggling activities. I'm
betting the editors at RKO probably left a lot
of Lugosi on the cutting room floor. The film
would have been better had Lugosi been left in.

As it is it's an OK B programmer and a plus
for fans of Leslie Charteris's modern Robin
Hood. - bkoganbing

A twist on the normal plots, in this one the
good Inspector Fernack is the one in trouble
and the Saint steps in to help him come to the
truth!! The character Clarence "Pearly" Gates
has his first appearance here!! A much better
flim than the last one!! A

A review from an IMDb.com customer:

GEORGE SANDERS is his usual suave self as the
smoothly capable man who falls for WENDY BARRIE
aboard a cruise ship, but is unable to really
connect with her until he finds out the truth
about her while he tries to clear Inspector
Fernack (JOHNATHAN HALE) of a murder charge in
New York City.

It's a typical "Saint" story with a predictable
wrap-up that has the sinners paying for their
crimes. It's a neat B-film entry that benefits
from good performances from the cast and some
appropriately menacing background music by Roy
Webb.

Jonathan Hale does a good job of playing the
police inspector suspected of several murders
and unable to clear himself of the charges until
The Saint steps in to help. The story concludes
with a downbeat ending that may leave some fans
disappointed, but most of the story is done in
breezy style with Sanders delivering all of his
lines with his usual flair. - Neil Doyle

This final entry into the Sanders' Saint movies
is another strong one!! This one brings memories
of the movie Charade, as they're both are about
the same thing!! Simon is asked by his friend
from the police to help a friend of his get some
very valuable items to his neice that he got from
her father overseas!! A+

A review from IMDb.com:

The sixth RKO Saint film is the last for star
George Sanders before he moved over to the similar
Falcon series. The plot this time involves rare
stamps. So wake the kids. As a favor for Inspector
Fernack, the Saint agrees to help watch over an
old friend who's in possession of some rare postage
stamps. Because "competent bodyguard" isn't among
his many skills, the Saint fails to prevent the
guy being killed. So he sets out to deliver the
stamps to the dead guy's daughter in Palm Springs
and hopefully catch the killer as well.

Sanders' final Saint film is a good one, filled
with action and humor. There's a rear projection
biking scene that's worth a chuckle and the climax
of the film involves a fake eyebrow, of all things.
Also making their final appearances in the series
are Jonathan Hale as Inspector Fernak and Wendy
Barrie as the Saint's love interest, her third
role in as many films. Paul Guilfoyle returns
as Pearly Gates and provides most of the movie's
laughs. After this, RKO launched their own series
The Falcon, also starring George Sanders. The
Falcon is a pretty obvious ripoff of the Saint
(minus the calling cards and whistling) made
because RKO was tired of dealing with Saint
creator Leslie Charteris. I have to admit I
enjoy the Falcon movies more than the Saint
ones, outside of the first couple. - utgard14

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