The Saint’s Vacation – 1941 | 61 mins | Mystery | B&W

Plot Synopsis

RKO’s ‘Saint’ franchise came to the UK for the first time in 1941 with Hugh Sinclair stepping into George Sanders well-worn shoes as the sardonic sleuth. Leslie Charteris contributed for the first time, helping to loosely adapt his 1932 novel Getaway into a frenetically fast-paced feature with the running-time of a quota-quickie. Sinclair fails to convince as the suave sleuth, lacking the charisma and refinement of his predecessor, George Sanders. The solid supporting includes the supremely pompous Cecil Parker and an ever-resourceful Sally Gray.

Simon Templar (Hugh Sinclair), aka The Saint, and trusty sidekick Monty Hayward (Arthur Macrae) go to Switzerland on vacation – pursued by wily reporter Mary Langdon (Sally Gray). What was planned as a quite holiday becomes a web of intrigue when Templar spies criminal mastermind Rudolph Hauser, who subsequently relives The Saint of a mysterious music box containing a secret code. This sets off a dangerous cat-and-mouse between Templar and a gang of Nazi agents for possession of the box.