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The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight criminal elements in the city.
The Saint in New York: Directed by Ben Holmes. With Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale. Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
During a visit to Europe, Simon Templar (alias "The Saint") befriends a rich American whose son was recently murdered in New York City; the culprit went free due to police and courtroom corruption. Templar is given an offer he can't refuse: $1 million if he goes to New York and deals out his unique brand of justice to evildoers in that city.
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A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods.
The Saint in New York opens with New York City (or, at least, a nominal, back-lot version of it) in the grips of a formidable crime wave. In a didactic opening scene that lays the plot out for you like a pie chart, the cops determine that a group of six men are responsible for most of the major crimes in the city.
