The greatest movie ever made..!

Memorable, crazy movie

It is so daring, it is so ambitious, it is so thrilling and weird and pointed and powerful. I never knew where it was going.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The Saint is in charge of $200,000 worth of stamps in "The Saint in Palm Springs," a 1941 entry into the series starring George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle and Jonathan Hale. Simon needs to deliver the stamps, a young woman's inheritance, safely to Palm Springs and into her hands. The formula in this one is similar to the one used in "The Saint Takes Over," though it's not quite as effective: valuables in a safe, the hand holding a gun coming through the window and murder - in this case, three of them.Sanders is wonderful as usual and in this film, he wears some casual clothes and looks terrific, so tall and broad-shouldered. Paul Guilfoyle is funny as Pearly Gates, trying to keep his nose clean while on probation. Wendy Barrie again is the female interest and again playing a woman with an aura of sadness around her."The Saint in Palm Springs" is perhaps most notable for some of the worst-looking process shots on record - the obvious filmed background while the actors are in front of it riding bikes or horses. If you think the walking scene in "All About Eve" is obvious, catch these.Mildly entertaining.

The premise here is very straightforward but faulty. Who would entrust as bodyguard a man ("The Saint") who appoints himself guardian of the valuable stamps but fails within minutes of being designated the caretaker, by allowing the owner to leave his sight and enter a room to retrieve the valuable stamps (worth $200,000) from a vault. What kind of bodyguard is that? Naturally, an open window nearby allows the wealthy man to be shot...or does this only happen in the movies? It allowed this viewer to stay one step ahead of the script.The Saint's mission is to get the stamps to the man's daughter (WENDY BARRIE) in Palm Springs. This he manages to do, but only after several confrontations with a devious woman who tries to set a trap for Barrie, and the bungling attempts of Pearly Gates (PAUL GUILFOYLE) to help The Saint accomplish his mission.WENDY BARRIE is pleasant as the female interest. The rear screen projection used for the horseback riding scenes in the desert is painfully obvious for the outdoor shots. Otherwise, production values are standard for a B-film of this sort but this is a bland entry in "The Saint" series with little novelty to make it worthwhile.

George Sanders again plays "The Saint" Simon Templar, in the murder mystery series, helping to solve some crime, while whistling and trying to avoid jail time himself. (Roger Moore would play the title character in the very successful TV Series in the 1960s). Sanders, with his quick, proper British accent, is probably best known for his roles in "All About Eve", or "Rebecca". Good story, but WHY do they keep taking the valuables that everyone is after out of the hotel safe ?? It gets a little confusing later in the story on who actually has the coveted valuables, but maybe that's part of the mystery. Also some competition over Templar on the parts of Elna Johnson (Wendy Barrie) and Margaret Forbes (Linda Hayes). It would be interesting to know if ANY of it were filmed in the Palm Springs area, as there is liberal use of stills and backdrops. Pretty good story, some clever scriptwriting, but the ending is a little silly. --- note that many of the actors in the background were also used in "The Falcon" films, another Sanders mystery murder series from RKO.

George Sanders is really the reason you should watch this film. He is always cool, suave and sophisticated. Rarely caught by surprise. Of the five Saint films he made, this is second best(after The Saint in London). This one has sunny Palm Springs and a decent mystery. Wendy Barrie(once again) is also ok. The identity of the killers is a bit of a surprise, especially the head of the gang, but this does not take away from the fun of the film. Some of the back screen projection(in the desert scenes) is dreadful but there are enough location shots to compensate. Overall fun with a good performance by Sanders. I give it 7 stamps out of 10.