The Saint Takes Over

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The Saint Takes Over
Directed by	Jack Hively
Written by	Lynn Root Frank Fenton
Based on	characters created by Leslie Charteris
Produced by	Howard Benedict
Starring	George Sanders Wendy Barrie Jonathan Hale
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Desmond Marquette
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	June 7, 1940 (1940-06-07) May 27, 1940 (1940-05-27) (New York City)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth of eight films in RKO's film series about Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. George Sanders played Templar for the fourth time. Sanders made one more Saint picture the following year. Wendy Barrie played his latest romantic interest, in her second of three appearances in the Saint film series (playing a different character each time).^[1]

In 1941, RKO replaced its "Saint" series with The Falcon, also starring George Sanders.