The Saint Takes Over

Directed by Jack Hively

Written by Lynn Root (screenplay), Frank Fenton (screenplay), Leslie Charteris (novel)

Cast: George Sanders as Simon Templar, Wendy Burns as Ruth Summers, Jonathan Hale as Inspector Fernack, Paul Guilfoyle as Clarence Gates

Released 1940

When his friend, Inspector Fernack, is framed by a group of gangsters to get him out of the way, Simon Templar decides he needs to get involved.