The Saint's Vacation is the title of a 1941 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures. The film starred Hugh Sinclair as Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" a world-roving crimefighter who walks the fine edge of the law. This was one of a series of films based loosely upon the character created by Leslie Charteris for a series of novels and novellas. It was Sinclair's first appearance as Templar, having taken over the role from George Sanders....
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The Saint's Vacation is the title of a 1941 action-adventure film produced by RKO Pictures. The film starred Hugh Sinclair as Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" a world-roving crimefighter who walks the fine edge of the law. This was one of a series of films based loosely upon the character created by Leslie Charteris for a series of novels and novellas. It was Sinclair's first appearance as Templar, having taken over the role from George Sanders.
The film was based upon Charteris' 1932 novel, Getaway (also known as The Saint's Getaway) and, like all the other films in the RKO Saint series, considerable liberties were taken with the original story. Most notably, the time frame of the story has been moved up to the Second World War, with the villains of the piece being Nazis. The film also disregards the fact that Getaway was in fact the third chapter of a trilogy which included the earlier works The Last Hero and Knight Templar. It should be noted, however, that unlike other films in...
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