the saint in palm springs (1941)

"You are fascinating and sinister."
Fernack (Jonatan Hale) asks the help of the Saint (George Sanders), to act as body guard to a friend who is traveling to Palm Springs with some valuable stamps. When the friend is murdered, the Saint takes this as a slight, and delivers the stamps to the next of kin, Elna Johnson (Wendy Barrie). But in doing so he drops her into trouble, and has to protect her with old hood Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle), now turned house detective.
Entertaining comedy thriller, that clips along at a fair pace.

the saint takes over (1940)

"They say you can do a lot with a dentist drill these days."
Inspector Fernack (Jonathan Hale) has been framed by a gang of race fixers, but luckily for the detective, the Saint (George Sanders) comes to his aid.
The fifth in the series lacks some of the wit of previous installments, but still has enough to make it an entertaining hour.

the saint's double trouble (1940)

"Long live the saint."
A diamond smuggler leads to some trouble for the saint (George Sanders), as he is the spitting image of Simon Templer, and more than ready to stir up trouble for the Saint.
The fourth installment features Bela Lugosi as "The Partner", but uses him sparingly, making for a lackluster entry in the series.