---
title: 'The Saint (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Phillip Noyce'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-saint-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120053/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Saint (1997)

1997 · 111 min · Comedy, Action, Romance, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Phillip Noyce](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillip-noyce)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Hensleigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hensleigh), [Wesley Strick](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-strick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Graeme Revell](https://cinepixo.com/people/graeme-revell)
- **Producer:** [Mace Neufeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/mace-neufeld), [David Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brown), [Robert Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-evans), [William J. MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-j-macdonald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Phil Méheux](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-meheux)
- **Editor:** [Terry Rawlings](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-rawlings)

## Cast

- [Tommy Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-flanagan)
- [Elisabeth Shue](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-shue)
- [Rade Šerbedžija](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-serbedzija)
- [Emily Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-mortimer)
- [Henry Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-goodman)
- [Alun Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/alun-armstrong) as Claud Eustace Teal
- [Michael Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-byrne)
- [Velibor Topic](https://cinepixo.com/people/velibor-topic)
- [Val Kilmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-kilmer) as Simon Templar

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