George Sanders — Actor (43)
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Never Say Goodbye (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Never Say Goodbye
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Rock Hudson / Cornell Borchers …
other title: Come prima... meglio di prima / Nunca Digas Adeus …
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
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A Date with the Falcon (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Date with the Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Los diamantes del Halcón / Los diamantes del halcón
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
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The Gay Falcon (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Gay Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: El intrépido Halcón
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
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The Saint In Palm Springs (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint In Palm Springs
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint à Palm Springs / El Santo en Palm Springs
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a posh Palm Springs resort, where a gang of homicidal thieves have converged to relieve the girl of her inheritance. Three murders and one kidnapping attempt later, the villains are foiled by the Saint, with the aid of his onetime partner in crime Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle). The Saint in Palm Springs is the sixth in RKO's series of films based on the character created by Leslie Charteris.
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The Saint Takes Over (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Takes Over
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint reprend du service / El regreso del Santo
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
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The Saint in London (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint in London
director: John Paddy Carstairs actor: George Sanders / Sally Gray …
other title: El Santo en Londres
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Strikes Back
director: John Farrow actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint contre-attaque / El Santo ataca de nuevo
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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The Falcon Takes Over (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Falcon Takes Over
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Lynn Bari …
other title: El Halcón inicia el vuelo
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
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The Rebel (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Rebel
director: Robert Day actor: Tony Hancock / George Sanders …
other title: Le rebelle / Der Rebell
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius.
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Moonfleet (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Moonfleet
director: Fritz Lang actor: Stewart Granger / George Sanders …
other title: Il covo dei contrabbandieri / Mens bøddelen ventede …
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
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The Fan (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Fan
director: Otto Preminger actor: Jeanne Crain / Madeleine Carroll …
other title: Il ventaglio / L'Éventail de Lady Windermere …
Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he starts paying visits to a mysterious beautiful newcomer, Mrs. Erylnne, who is determined to make her entry into London's high society. Worse, the secret gets back to Margaret that Windermere has been giving Mrs. Erylnne large sums of money.