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| Directed by | Jack Hively |
| Screenplay by | Jerry Cady |
| Story by | Leslie Charteris |
| Produced by | Howard Benedict |
| Starring | George Sanders Wendy Barrie Jonathan Hale |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Saint in Palm Springs is a crime melodrama released by RKO Pictures in early 1941. The film continued the screen adventures of the Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris.
This sequel was based upon a story by Charteris; however, many changes to his concept were made. Charteris later novelised his version of the film story as the novella "Palm Springs", contained within the 1942 collection The Saint Goes West. This was the sixth of eight in RKO's film series about The Saint.
The central cast was identical to the previous entry, The Saint Takes Over. George Sanders returned as Templar (his final performance in the role), with Jonathan Hale making his own final appearance as Inspector Farnack (the character would next be seen in The Saint in Manhattan, a 1980s television pilot). Wendy Barrie makes her third and final appearance, once again playing a different character, as does Paul Guilfoyle, reprising the role of Clarence "Pearly" Gates from the previous film.
The storyline involves The Saint pursuing rare stamps at a Palm Springs, California hotel.
Plot
Simon Templar is asked by his friend, Inspector Farnack, to protect Peter Johnson, a man trying to transport three stamps, valued at $200,000, from New York City to his niece Elna, a tennis pro for a hotel in Palm Springs, California. Templar interrupts an attempted robbery, but is too late to save Johnson's life. He does strike the unseen assailant in the face with his ring, which bears his distinctive Saint sign.
On the train west, Templar introduces himself to the attractive Margaret Forbes, who will be staying at the same Palm Springs hotel. There the stamps are stolen from Templar, which does not endear him to Elna Johnson. Templar's friend, reformed pickpocket Clarence "Pearly" Gates, is employed by the hotel to provide security, so Templar persuades him to steal the belongings from every other hotel guest in an effort to identify the thief. The stamps are found in a pillbox, but Gates cannot remember who it belongs to.
Templar sets a trap for the thief. Johnson is held up at gunpoint by Forbes, who turns out to be an agent for the country from which the stamps were smuggled. Forbes is killed by a rival thief while making her getaway, but the stamps are safe. Simon sets another trap at Joshua Tree National Park, where another hotel guest is revealed to be the mastermind of the other crooks. Templar tricks him into confessing to the murders of Peter Johnson and Margaret Forbes, and the mark from Templar's ring on his face is additional proof of his guilt.
Cast
- George Sanders as Simon Templar
- Wendy Barrie as Elna Johnson
- Jonathan Hale as Inspector Farnack
- Paul Guilfoyle as "Pearly" Gates
- Linda Hayes as Margaret Forbes
- Harry Shannon as Chief Graves
- Ferris Taylor as Evans
Reception
The film made a profit of $90,000.
References
- The Saint in Palm Springs at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p. 156
External links
- The Saint in Palm Springs at IMDb
- The Saint in Palm Springs at the TCM Movie Database
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- The Saint in Palm Springs at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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