When a man is killed on his doorstep and he is suspected of the crime, the saint swings into action against a goldsmuggling gang and their ruthless leader the tiger. Dec 10, 2009 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The saint meets the tiger was met with decidedly weak box office response. The last words uttered by by a consciencestricken crook dying on the saint s doorstep lead the detective in pursuit of gold smugglers and the master crook known as the tiger. Well try to make different sorts of videos throughout the schoo. First published in 1928, certainly it is somewhat dated.
The saint meets the tiger 1943 the movie database tmdb. The saint meets the tiger 1941 the saint meets the tiger. The saint the robin hoodinspired crimefighter created by leslie charteris. Im really looking forward to reading more of the original stories.
With hugh sinclair, jean gillie, gordon mcleod, clifford evans. In a sense it was also the last film in the rko series, as the final film, the saint s return did not come until ten years later and was produced and distributed in the uk by british hammer films. Meet the tiger was also published under the titles of the saint meets the tiger, scoundrels ltd. The last hero was also released as the creeping death, sudden death, the saint closes the case and the saint and the last hero. Buy the saint meets the tiger later printing by leslie charteris isbn. We found subtitles for the program the saint meets the tiger. George sanders returned as templar, with wendy barrie playing his latest romantic conquest in her second of three appearance. Buy meet the tiger variant title the saint meets the tiger by leslie charteris isbn. The saint meets the tiger originally entitled simply meet the tiger was leslie charteris very first novel about his now longrunning series hero simon templar, alias the saint. Nothing komroff has done before prepares the reader for this extraordinary autobiography of a bengal tiger, trapped by zoller and brought to america, first as part of a circus, latter as an exhibit in a zoo, finally as a star member of a hollywood feature production. Meet the tiger variant title the saint meets the tiger.
Meet the tiger later retitled as the saint meets the tiger, but my copy has the original title is the first story to feature simon templar, alias the saint. Read the full synopsis of the saint meets the tiger, 1943, directed by paul stein, with hugh sinclair, jean gillie, gordon mcleod, at turner classic movies. The saint meets the tiger 1943 private detective simon templar hugh sinclair, aka the saint, gets a visit from a dying man who passes on a mysterious tip about a goldsmuggling scheme that. Voir plus didees sur le theme diorama, photos et guerre mondiale. He started writing in childhood, creating his own magazine with articles, short stories, poetry, editorials, serials, comic strip. From this first entry, it seems clear that charteris wasnt planning to give the saint his own series. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
The movie has a decent mystery involving who the tiger is and a few saint like attributes a bit of humor between the saint and his detective friend, a little fun with his support team, but its still missing too much of what made the sanders films fun that it never becomes more than a bland generic bpicture. We are a video production team of students from saint paul american school clark. In this episode of the mystery adventure series, simon the saint templar finds a dead man on his doorstep. The saint takes over, released in 1940 by rko pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of simon templar, a.
Although the film takes some liberties with the novel the character of carn, for example, becomes inspector teal, templars regular police adversary in the film series and later books and the plot is sparked by a murder on templars doorstep which does not occur in the book, the basic plot remains the same. No quotes approved yet for the saint meets the tiger. In 1926, he legally changed his last name to charteris. The saint meets the tiger movie quotes rotten tomatoes. The saint meets the tiger oeg classic films direct. The saint meets the tiger is an adaptation of charteris first saint novel, meet the tiger. The saint meets the tiger 1943 cast and crew moviefone. The saint meets the tiger is the title of a crime thriller produced by the british unit of rko pictures, produced in 1941 but not released until 1943. Private detective simon templar hugh sinclair, aka the saint, gets a visit from a dying man who passes on a mysterious tip about a goldsmuggling scheme that leads the investigator to a town on. A bit better than vacation, but still not as good as the sanders films. Soon the ace investigator finds himself mired in more murder, smuggling and a south.
Editions gallimard nrf 1951, epuise en librairie, broche, format 1218. The saint trails the mystery to a remote english village where smalltown manners cover up a hotbed of intrigue and a bloodthirsty band of gold. The saint meets the tiger was the first of the saint books, but appeared rather late in the series of movies. Mar 27, 2012 the saint trails the mystery to a remote english village where smalltown manners cover up a hotbed of intrigue and a bloodthirsty band of gold smugglers. Stein, paul stein on allmovie in this episode of the mystery adventure series. In fact, rko was so unhappy with their two britishshot saint films they kept the second from u.
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