The Saint's Double Trouble

The Saint's Double Trouble
Original cinema poster
Directed byJack Hively
Written byBen Holmes
Leslie Charteris (story and characters)
Produced byCliff Reid
StarringGeorge Sanders
Bela Lugosi
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byTheron Warth
Desmond Marquette
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Release date
  • January 26, 1940 (1940-01-26)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 the fourth of eight films in RKO's film series about the character created by Leslie Charteris, 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.