Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

hwg1957-102-265704 Simon Templar (AKA The Saint) encounters a woman Ruth Summers on board a ship, then loses her. Meanwhile his detective friend Inspector Fernack has been framed for a crime, then the gangsters who framed him start being bumped off. Who is responsible and will The Saint untangle the knots? It is a fast moving film with an interesting plot and witty dialogue, 69 minutes of good entertainment. Jack Hively is lively in his direction.George Sanders is of course effortlessly smooth and charming as The Saint and he is supported by good character acting from the likes of solid Jonathan Hale, amusing Paul Guilfoyle, crooked Cy Kendall and the epitome of cop-ness James Burke. Wendy Barrie is her usual beautiful self, impinging on the narrative as the woman from the boat.Although the tone is light throughout the film the ending is rather melancholy as The Saint walks into the city streets alone. Nevertheless a fine entry in the Sanders Saint series.

Prismark10 When Inspector Fernack (Jonathan Hale) is framed, Simon Templar comes to America to help out not before meeting a beautiful damsel on the ship who is being cheated in a game of cards but their paths will cross again soon.Fernack cannot explain how thousands and thousands of dollars were found in his safe. The Saint reckons a group of mobsters involved a race fixing ring are involved. However more bodies show up and they all point to Fernack as the murderer.This is a more enjoyable B film simply because there is a nicer and more involved plot, a few red herrings and a milk drinking character called Pearly Gates who decides to turn his back on the mobsters and join up with the Saint.

bkoganbing One of the few friends that Simon Templar has in law enforcement is Inspector Fernack of the NYPD. Jonathan Hale as Fernack in the series has learned long ago to go with the flow where Templar is concerned. So when Fernack is found with $50,000.00 in mob money in his house he can't explain and he loses his badge, George Sanders as Simon Templar crosses the Atlantic to aid a friend.While on the ocean voyage Sanders also aids beautiful Wendy Barrie who is being cheated by card sharps working the boat. Her story will interconnect with what Sanders is in New York for, but you'll have to see the film to find out how.The mob which has six crime family bosses start getting systematically eliminated once Sanders arrives and this is bad because he needs some live perpetrators to clear the inspector. The police also think Hale might be doing this in revenge. Along the way Sanders and Hale manage to get Paul Guilfoyle who the 'bodyguard' to one of the late crime bosses to help in their quest. Guilfoyle provides a few laughs along the way.It's a B film so I'm not expecting all that much from it. But it all ties too neatly and conveniently at the end. Still Sanders is his charming self as Templar and he's been in worse films.

blanche-2 "The Saint Takes Over" stars George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka "The Saint" in this 1940 entry into the series. It also stars Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale and Paul Guilfoyle. On board ship en route to the U.S., The Saint meets and tries to make time with a woman (Wendy Barrie) who gives him the brushoff. Simon is coming to New York to help Inspector Fernack, now thoroughly discredited due to a gangster frame-up; $50,000 was found in his home. The gangster, Rocky (Roland Drew), of course, was found not guilty at trial, and he and his fellow mobsters pay the bill for the frame and attorney representation - $90,000 in total. Today you need that to defend yourself against a parking ticket. This was a murder rap.Rocky sends his bodyguard, Pearly Gates (Guilfoyle) to the lawyer's house to steal the $90,000 from the safe. The attorney catches him red-handed and sends him back to his boss with a message. Seconds later, he's dead. Rocky meets a similar fate. And on and on - who's killing this group of gangsters? The Saint has to get one of them to talk so that Fernack can be cleared - can he get to anyone before they're murdered? The woman he met on board ship reappears and figures prominently in the case.Few actors have a way with a line like George Sanders, and his dry wit, good looks, smooth voice and depth as an actor suit Simon Templar perfectly. Paul Guilfoyle provides some humor as the nervous, milk drinking Pearly Gates, and Jonathan Hale is great as the sometimes exasperated but worried sick Inspector Fernack. Wendy Barrie, who appeared in many Saint episodes, is very good as the woman who captures Simon's heart.Very enjoyable.