The Saint in London

The Saint in London
Directed byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Written by
Based on"The Million Pound Day"
1932 story
by Leslie Charteris
Produced byWilliam Sistrom
StarringGeorge Sanders
Sally Gray
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byDouglas Robertson
Music byMarr Mackie
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • 30 June 1939 (1939-06-30)[1]
Running time
77 min.
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
Budget£35,834[2]

The Saint in London is a 1939 British crime film, the third of eight films in RKO's film series featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".

It stars George Sanders as Templar and was produced by William Sistrom. John Paddy Carstairs directed. Lynn Root and Frank Fenton wrote the screenplay based on Leslie Charteris' short story "The Million Pound Day", which was published in the 1932 collection The Holy Terror, published in the US as The Saint vs. Scotland Yard.

  1. ^ "The Saint in London: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 482.