The Saint (1997 film)

The Saint
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phillip Noyce
Screenplay by	Jonathan Hensleigh Wesley Strick
Story by	Jonathan Hensleigh
Based on	Simon Templar by Leslie Charteris
Produced by	David Brown Robert Evans William J. MacDonald Mace Neufeld
Starring	Val Kilmer Elisabeth Shue Rade Šerbedžija
Cinematography	Phil Meheux
Edited by	Terry Rawlings
Music by	Graeme Revell
Production companies	Rysher Entertainment Mace Neufeld Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 4, 1997 (1997-04-04)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Russian
Budget	$90 million[1]
Box office	$169.4 million[1]

The Saint is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick, and starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija. The plot of the film revolves around the title character who is a high tech thief and master of disguise, who becomes the anti-hero while using the moniker of various saints. He paradoxically lives in the underworld of international industrial theft and espionage. The film was a modest financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales.^[2][1]

It is loosely based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint", which ran until 1983. The Saint character has also featured in a series of Hollywood films made between 1938 and 1954, a 1940s radio series starring Vincent Price (and others) as Templar, a popular British television series of the 1960s starring Roger Moore, and a 1970s series starring Ian Ogilvy.