An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.
Helene Reynolds
- Anne Bitts
- (as Helene Whitney)
Stanley Blystone
- Detective Sadler
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
- Ephraim Byrd
- (uncredited)
Billy Franey
- Street Shooting Witness
- (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
William Haade
- Helm Van Roon aka 'The Dutchman'
- (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
- Card Player
- (uncredited)
Pat McKee
- Card Player
- (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
- Cairo Express Office Clerk
- (uncredited)
Walter Miller
- Mac - Bartender
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAt the beginning of the film, when Partner (Lugosi) ships the coffin-shaped wooden box, he is charged £4 and 6s. That would equate to about $264.00 in 2015.
- GoofsThe mummy's coffin that is shipped from Cairo is obviously different than the one that arrives at Professor Bitts' home. The writing on the coffin that arrives at Professor Bitts' home is neater, the "Paid" stamps are in different locations and the twine around the coffin is in a different location.
- Quotes
Policeman: [after he's shot "The Boss"] Shall I call an ambulance?
Inspector Henry Fernack: Better make it a hearse.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Saint Takes Over (1940)
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The Telltale Scar
George Sanders, in fact two George Sanders, arrive in the City of Brotherly Love to investigate a nice little diamond smuggling racket. But what a place to smuggle diamonds, in the sarcophagus of a long dead Egyptian mummy. What interests Simon Templar however is the fact that the head of the racket is a dead ringer for him and also played by George Sanders. He might well be responsible for the unsavory reputation the Saint has in some quarters.
Jonathan Hale as Inspector Fernack is in from New York and as the most authoritative expert on the activities of Simon Templar is drafted by the Philadelphia police in the person of Donald MacBride. In fact Fernack knows of a telltale scar on the wrist of the real Templar and can tell them apart. That fact proves most handy.
Bela Lugosi has an inexplicably small role as 'the partner' in the smuggling activities. I'm betting the editors at RKO probably left a lot of Lugosi on the cutting room floor. The film would have been better had Lugosi been left in.
As it is it's an OK B programmer and a plus for fans of Leslie Charteris's modern Robin Hood.
Jonathan Hale as Inspector Fernack is in from New York and as the most authoritative expert on the activities of Simon Templar is drafted by the Philadelphia police in the person of Donald MacBride. In fact Fernack knows of a telltale scar on the wrist of the real Templar and can tell them apart. That fact proves most handy.
Bela Lugosi has an inexplicably small role as 'the partner' in the smuggling activities. I'm betting the editors at RKO probably left a lot of Lugosi on the cutting room floor. The film would have been better had Lugosi been left in.
As it is it's an OK B programmer and a plus for fans of Leslie Charteris's modern Robin Hood.
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) officially released in India in English?
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