The very first "Saint" made into a film, based on the novel by Leslie Charteris. And STILL not available on dvd, as of June 2018. Interesting. This one stars Louis Hayward as Simon Templar. Hayward was a war hero, shorter but dashing, and was married to Ida Lupino. In this one, he dresses up as a nun. Jack Carson is in here as a mob goon.. ..he was in so many films, could play any part. Sig Rumann was the comic foil to the Marx Brothers. Here, he's Hutch, the leader of the mob. Sound and picture quality are a little shaky, could probably use a restoration. Kay Sutton is "Fay"... according to imdb, most of her roles were either deleted or uncredited. This story kind of goes all over the place... the Saint puts the moves on Fay to see what he can find out about Hutch and the mob, and wants to dismantle the gang. Moves pretty slowly. Entertaining enough, but a bit dry. Also interesting as the one that started off the films. Later played by George Sanders. and of course, Roger Moore in the tv series.
Review of The Saint in New York
