Derek Winnert

The Saint in Palm Springs *** (1941, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Linda Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 3225

For the sixth crime mystery thriller adventure in RKO Pictures’ the Saint series, George Sanders makes his fifth and final appearance as the modern-day Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero Simon Templar. This time The Saint is sent […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

The Saint Takes Over *** (1940, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway) – Classic Movie Review 3,224

The twisty and noirish 1940 crime mystery thriller film The Saint Takes Over is the fifth in the RKO Saint series, the fourth for George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka The Saint, and the first […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

The Saint’s Double Trouble *** (1940, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi, Donald MacBride, John F Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 3223

Director Jack Hively’s 1940 crime thriller The Saint’s Double Trouble is the fourth episode of the RKO Pictures The Saint series, and the third for George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka The Saint, all entirely […]

Jan, 03

The Saint in London *** (1939, George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod, Henry Oscar, Athene Seyler, John Abbott) – Classic Movie Review 3222

For the third adventure in RKO’s The Saint series, The Saint in London (1939), super-suave George Sanders stars in his second outing as devil-may-care, debonair Simon Templar, in which he is involved with attractive, enthusiastic English […]

Jan, 03

The Saint in New York *** (1938, Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3221

The 1938 crime thriller The Saint in New York is the first of eight RKO Pictures films featuring Leslie Charteris’s popular fictional detective, with Louis Hayward ideally cast. ‘You’d think someone with the name Violet […]

Jan, 03

The Saint Strikes Back *** (1939, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Neil Hamilton, Jerome Cowan, Edward Gargan, Barry Fitzgerald) – Classic Movie Review 3218

For this 1939 second crime thriller in RKO Radio Pictures’s eight film series about The Saint, The Saint Strikes Back, debonair George Sanders takes over as Simon Templar from Louis Hayward, who played him in […]

Jan, 03

The Falcon’s Alibi ** (1946, Tom Conway, Jane Greer, Elisha Cook Jr, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett, Emory Parnell, Al Bridge) – Classic Movie Review 3219

Michael Arlen’s débonair detective The Falcon (Tom Conway) is called in by the secretary of wealthy Gloria Peabody (Esther Howard) to protect her employer’s jewels – and he’s the number one suspect when they go missing and […]

Jan, 02

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