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The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city.
The Saint in New York was the 15th book chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar (alias The Saint), an anti-hero character patterned after Robin Hood. The book is considered the most popular Saint volume.
The Saint in New York: Directed by Ben Holmes. With Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale. Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
Set in the days just after prohibition as criminal gangs look to switch their activities from bootlegging to kidnapping, 'The Saint in New York' puts Simon Templar up against New York's worst. The Saint books always offer breezy wit and charm - this is no exception.
Simon Templar, aka the Saint, is a fictional hero who fights crime and corruption in New York with disguise and deception. He uncovers a mastermind behind a series of robberies and murders in this 1938 film based on a novel by Leslie Charteris.
The Saint in New York opens with New York City (or, at least, a nominal, back-lot version of it) in the grips of a formidable crime wave. In a didactic opening scene that lays the plot out for you like a pie chart, the cops determine that a group of six men are responsible for most of the major crimes in the city.
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar (Louis Hayward), who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods.
