The Saint Meets the Tiger

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This article is about the film. For the original novel upon which it was based (which is often published under this title), see Meet the Tiger.

The Saint Meets the Tiger
RKO Radio Pictures (UK)
Republic Pictures
(US)
Release dates
8 December 1941 (UK)
29 July 1943 (US)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Saint Meets the Tiger is a 1941 British

Denham Studios outside London with sets designed by the art director Paul Sheriff. The previous entries in the series had all been made in Hollywood except The Saint's Vacation
.

Plot

Simon "The Saint" Templar finds a dead man on his doorstep. Soon the ace investigator finds himself mired in more murder, smuggling and a South American mine.

Cast

Release

After The Saint's Vacation (1941), Hugh Sinclair makes his second (and final) appearance as Templar in this adventure, which sees Templar investigating a dead body left on his doorstep. This leads him to a quiet seaside village in Cornwall where he pursues a mysterious villain known as The Tiger. Co-starring in the film is Jean Gillie as Templar's love interest, Patricia Holm. Although this character made many appearances in the book series, this is to date the only film in which she appears. The character next appears on screen portrayed by Eliza Dushku in an unaired pilot for a Saint TV series produced in the 2010s.

Because of a dispute between RKO and the Saint's creator,

Falcon series, and Leslie Charteris felt that the Falcon was nothing but a copy of his character, enhanced by the fact that George Sanders played the Falcon. He was the most established face of the Saint, after having played the character in five of the previous films, the last being released earlier the same year. RKO eventually sold the US distribution rights to Republic Pictures, while its British arm handled the UK distribution as planned, and the film was released in both countries in 1943.[3]

The Saint Meets the Tiger is an adaptation of Charteris' first Saint novel,

Hammer Films
, while RKO only handled the US distribution.

References

  1. ^ "The Saint in Movies and Films". saint.org Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  2. ^ p. 34 Views & Reviews, Volumes 3-5 Views & Reviews Productions, 1971
  3. ^ Barer, Burl, The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar 1928-1992, McFarland, 2003, p. 69

External links

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