he was murdered, Templar visits him while posing as Teal and tricks him into lying about Duni and unknowingly revealing his involvement with Lang, before having him trailed by Dugan, who later informs Templar and Penny that he has tailed Stengler to Lang's house and has them at gunpoint. Before Templar and Penny can arrive, Kussella and Lang's remaining henchman arrive and knock Dugan out. When they arrive, Lang has Penny tied up and gives Templar an hour to return the evidence he stole in exchange for her and Dugan's safety. Templar disarms Lang with throwing knife and knocks him out, before rescuing Penny and Dugan. Kussella is fatally shot by mistake by one of his co-conspirators, and Templar, Dugan and Penny flee with the stolen money and Lang, leaving the latter's remaining subordinates to be caught by Teal, who has been trailing Templar. Back at Scotland Yard, where Teal brings Stengler while pretending not to suspect him of wrongdoing, they find Templar and the others waiting in Teal's office with Blake. Teal has Lang and Stengler arrested for espionage and murder following Blake's explanation about enlisting Templar to help expose them, and Templar leaves to take Penny home before he ends up in love and married. Cast George Sanders as Simon Templar / The Saint Sally Gray as Penny Parker David Burns as Dugan Gordon McLeod as Inspector Claud Teal Henry Oscar as Bruno Lang Athene Seyler as Mrs. Buckley John Abbott as Count Stephen Duni Ralph Truman as Kussella Charles Carson as Mr. Morgan Carl Jaffe as Stengler Norah Howard as Mrs. Morgan Ballard Berkeley as Sir Richard Blake Charles Paton as Tobacco Shop Proprietor Reception The film was shot in London. Sanders arrived there in March 1939. Notes The film made a profit of $140,000. According to Saint historian Burl Barer, Charteris considered The Saint in London to be the best of the RKO film series. He admired director Carstairs' work enough to dedicate the book The Saint in the Sun to him; Carstairs is also the only person to direct not only RKO Saint films, but also two episodes of the 1962–69 series The Saint. References Burl Barer, The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928–1992. Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland, 2003 (originally published in 1992). External links 1939 films The Saint (Simon Templar) American black-and-white films Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs RKO