The Saint's Return

1953

1h 13m

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5.6/10

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Mystery

Crime

Thriller

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

Directors

Seymour Friedman

Writers

Leslie Charteris(story by)

Allan MacKinnon(screenplay by)

Patrick Jenkins(dialogue by)

Stars

Louis Hayward

Naomi Chance

Sydney Tafler

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Top cast

Simon Templar

Carol Denby

Max Lennar

Chief Insp. Claud Teal

Kate Finch

Jarvis

Keith Merton

The Blonde in Lennar's Apartment

Irish Cassidy

Hoppy Uniatz

Col. Stafford

Barkley

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Lennar's Henchman

Lord Merton

Party Guest (uncredited)

Erik Chitty

Older gang member (uncredited)

Jack Mandeville

Party Guest (uncredited)

Directors

Seymour Friedman

Writers

Leslie Charteris(story by)

Allan MacKinnon(screenplay by)

Patrick Jenkins(dialogue by)

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Diverting final big screen outing for Simon Templar, fittingly played by the actor who began the series, Louis Hayward. The only one of the series made in England, it is populated by sleazy characters like Sydney Tafler, Harold Lang and Sam Kydd, all involved in the seedy gambling underworld of London. Hayward is a smooth charmer, as adept with his fists as he is with witty asides, as he doggedly gets to the bottom of a girlfriend's death. Although Naomi Chance makes for a charmless leading lady, Diana Dors does offer a sizzling single scene cameo. It took another decade before Roger Moore would revive and exemplify the character in a long-running TV series.

dennyjt09 Aug, 2022