The Saint's Double Trouble

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The Saint's Double Trouble
Directed by	Jack Hively
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Written by	Ben Holmes Leslie Charteris (story and characters)
Starring	George Sanders Bela Lugosi
Music by	Roy Webb
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Editing by	Theron Warth Desmond Marquette
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	January 26, 1940
Running time	67 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	The Saint in London
Followed by	The Saint Takes Over
IMDb profile

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 doppleganger, 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.

[edit] Cast

• George Sanders ... Simon Templar, aka The Saint / Boss Duke Bates
• Helene Whitney ... Anne Bitts
• Jonathan Hale ... Inspector Henry Fernack
• Bela Lugosi ... The Partner
• Donald MacBride ... 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

[edit] External links

• The Saint's Double Trouble at the Internet Movie Database

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