The Saint's Double Trouble
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The Saint's Double Trouble is a 1940 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures
. The film stars George Sanders
as Simon Templar
, a.k.a. "The Saint", a master criminal turned crime-fighter, and features horror film
legend Bela Lugosi
as "The Partner". This was one of a series of films based upon the character created by Leslie Charteris
for a series of novels and novellas, and the first film to not be directly based upon one of the original Saint books, although Charteris did contribute to developing the story for the film.
In this production, Sanders plays a dual role, not only that of Templar but of his doppelgänger
, Duke Bates. When Bates is spotted smuggling diamonds into the US, Templar is blamed for the crime.
Co-starring in the film is Helene Whitney
as love interest Anne Bitts, and Jonathan Hale
as Insp. Henry Farnack.
RKO Pictures
RKO Pictures is an American film production and distribution company. As RKO Radio Pictures Inc., it was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chains and Joseph P...
. The film stars George Sanders
George Sanders
George Sanders was a British actor.George Sanders may also refer to:*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I...
as Simon Templar
Simon Templar
Simon Templar is a British fictional character known as The Saint featured in a long-running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris’s...
, a.k.a. "The Saint", a master criminal turned crime-fighter, and features horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
legend Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
as "The Partner". This was one of a series of films based upon the character created by Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris , born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint."-Early life:Charteris was born to a Chinese father...
for a series of novels and novellas, and the first film to not be directly based upon one of the original Saint books, although Charteris did contribute to developing the story for the film.
In this production, Sanders plays a dual role, not only that of Templar but of his doppelgänger
Doppelgänger
In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune...
, Duke Bates. When Bates is spotted smuggling diamonds into the US, Templar is blamed for the crime.
Co-starring in the film is Helene Whitney
Helene Whitney
Helene Whitney also known as Helene Reynolds was an American actress who appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Whitney was born Kenyon Fortescue in 1914, but was known as Helene...
as love interest Anne Bitts, and Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale was a Canadian-born film and television actor.-Career:Born Jonathan Hatley in Ontario, Canada, Hale was well known as Dagwood Bumstead's boss, Julius Caesar Dithers, in the Blondie film series in the 1940s. He is also notable for playing Inspector Farnack in various The Saint films...
as Insp. Henry Farnack.
Cast
- George SandersGeorge SandersGeorge Sanders was a British actor.George Sanders may also refer to:*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I...
... Simon Templar, aka The Saint / Boss Duke Bates - Helene WhitneyHelene WhitneyHelene Whitney also known as Helene Reynolds was an American actress who appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Whitney was born Kenyon Fortescue in 1914, but was known as Helene...
... Anne Bitts - Jonathan HaleJonathan HaleJonathan Hale was a Canadian-born film and television actor.-Career:Born Jonathan Hatley in Ontario, Canada, Hale was well known as Dagwood Bumstead's boss, Julius Caesar Dithers, in the Blondie film series in the 1940s. He is also notable for playing Inspector Farnack in various The Saint films...
... Inspector Henry Fernack - Bela LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
... The Partner - Donald MacBrideDonald MacBrideDonald MacBride was an American character actor on stage, in films and on TV who launched his career as a teenage singer in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway. He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955...
... Chief of Detectives John H. Bohlen - John F. Hamilton ... Limpy, a Henchman
- Thomas W. Ross ... Professor Horatio T. Bitts
- Elliott Sullivan ... Monk 'Warren', a Henchman