Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
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Brooks Benedict
- Hotel Guest
- (uncredited)
Lee Bonnell
- Tommy
- (uncredited)
Robert Carson
- Mystery Man
- (uncredited)
Chick Collins
- Det. Callahan
- (uncredited)
Richard Crane
- Whitey
- (uncredited)
Edmund Elton
- Peter Johnson
- (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
- Hotel Guest
- (uncredited)
James Harrison
- Bellhop
- (uncredited)
Vinton Hayworth
- Charlie - Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
- Detective Grady
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe Latin and chemical name for a "Mickey Finn" is given in this script as "fulminor curare," obviously an invention for humorous effect. Translated to English, fulminor curare approximates "(to) ensure lightning." The usual compound, but in high-strength doses, used as a knock-out drug was chloral hydrate, ordinarily a sedative. The term is derived from Michael "Mickey" Finn, an early 19th century salon manager who doped drinks to relieve patrons of their cash.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Simon Templar and other characters frequently handle the three valuable stamps with their bare hands. However, rare stamps should never be touched this way. Skin oil and other contaminates from fingertips will damage the stamps and reduce their value.
- Quotes
Simon Templar: [about headaches] I have an excellent cure.
Clarence 'Pearly' Gates: Yeah? What's that?
Simon Templar: Stay sober the night before the morning after.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Saint's Vacation (1941)
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There isn't much to the story in this entry to George Sander's The Saint series for RKO. The sinister forces bumping off some one every fifteen minutes to steal three rare stamps are kept well informed by Sanders' teling everyone what is going on; beautiful women saunter by continually; and Paul Guilfoyle provides comic relief with a look of baffled despair and a variety of hats. Wendy Barrie is the woman at risk for the third time in the series.
In sum, it's a lousy movie. Why do I rate it above average? George Sanders of course, amiably ambling through the featherweight plot. His lines are nothing much, but he delivers them with such indifference that I can't help be charmed.
If you want to see a bad process shot, take a look at the shots in which Sanders and Guilfoyle are bicycling through the desert.
In sum, it's a lousy movie. Why do I rate it above average? George Sanders of course, amiably ambling through the featherweight plot. His lines are nothing much, but he delivers them with such indifference that I can't help be charmed.
If you want to see a bad process shot, take a look at the shots in which Sanders and Guilfoyle are bicycling through the desert.
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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