The Saint (1997)


The Saint
Release Date03 April 1997
Budget$68,000,000
US Box Office$61,000,000
TaglineCunning. Devious. Dangerous. Treacherous.
GenreAction, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsForeign Affairs Ministry building, Moscow, Russia
LanguageEnglish, Russian
Sound MixDolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor

The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint." The film stars Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, William Hope, and Rade Šerbedžija. It was directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick.


Cast and Crew


Ivan Tretiak

Valeri Nikolayev
Ilya Tretiak

Henry Goodman
Dr. Lev Botvin

Inspector Teal

Vereshagin, Tretiak's Aide

Yevgeni Lazarev
President Karpov

Irina Apeksimova
Frankie

Lev Prygunov
General Sklarov

Charlotte Cornwell
Inspector Rabineau

Woman on Plane

Lucija Serbedzija
Russian Prostitute

Velibor Topic
Skinhead

Scarface

Egor Pozenko
Scratchface

Adam Smith

Pat Laffan
Catholic Priest

Verity-Jane Dearsley
Agnes

Michael Marquez
Boy in Orphanage

Lorelei King
TV Reporter

Alla A. Kazanskaya
Old Russian Lady

Ronnie Letham
Old Russian Man

Tusse Silberg
Prostitute's Mother

Peter Guinness
Frankie's Curator

Stefan Gryff
President's Aide

Malcolm Tierney
Russian Doctor

Stephen Tiller
Russian Policeman

Christopher Rozycki
Russian Chief of Police

Etela Pardo
President Karpov's Wife

Nikolai Veselov
Red Square Tramp

David Schneider
Rat Club Comedian

Oxana Popkova
Ilya's Girlfriend

Agnieszka Liggett
Rat Clubparty Girl

Lidija Zovkic
Rat Club Beauty

Alexander Tiutin
Russian Colonel

Vadim Stepashkin
Russian Soldier

Tretiak Guard

Aleksandr Kadanyov
Tretiak Security Guard

Petar Vidovic
Tretiak's Builder

Susan Porrett
Orphanage Nun

Pub Waiter

Richard Cubison
Customs Officer

Tony Armatrading
Customs Officer

Chairman at Oxford

Young Student

Student #2

Barbara Jefford
Academic Woman

Sean O'Kane
Running Student

Lucy Akhurst
Policewoman

Nigel Clauzel
Marine Guard

Embassy Official

William Hope
State Department Official

Michael Cochrane
Cold Fusion Broker

Ginny Holder
Jamaican Video Girlfriend

Akiko
Japanese Video Girlfriend

Melissa Knatchbull
English Video Girlfriend

Caroline Lee-Johnson
Private Hotel Receptionist

Voice on Car Radio

Pentti Halonen
Russian State Treasurer

Drug Addict

Director

Writer

Leslie Charteris

Wesley Strick

Producer

Robert S. Baker
executive producer

producer

producer

Paul Hitchcock
executive producer

Lis Kern
associate producer

Mace Neufeld
producer

Original Music

Graeme Revell
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Cinematographer

Phil Meheux
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Editor

Terry Rawlings
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Casting Director

Elisabeth Leustig
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Patsy Pollock
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Production Designer

Joseph C. Nemec III

Art Director

Alan Cassie

Nick Palmer
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Lucy Richardson
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Leslie Tomkins

Set Decorator

Peter Young
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Costume Designer

Marlene Stewart
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Makeup Department

Paul Engelen
supervising makeup artist

Eithne Fennel
supervising hair stylist

Betty Glasow
hair stylist

Debbie Gower
makeup artist: Russia second unit

Desne J. Holland
makeup artist: Ms. Shue, hair stylist: Ms. Shue

Vera Mitchell
wig maker: Mr. Kilmer, hair designer: Mr. Kilmer

Meg Speirs
makeup artist

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
hair stylist: Russia second unit

Production Manager

Roman Borodaev
assistant unit manager: second unit, Russia

Sergei Gurevich
production manager: Russia main unit

Steve Harding
unit production manager

Aleksei Karpushin
assistant unit manager: Russia

Lidia Lukes
unit manager: Russia

additional unit production manager

Kirill Minkovetsky
assistant unit manager: Russia

Alexander Nakhimson
unit manager: Russia

Kieron Phipps
production manager: Russia main unit

Michael Polaire
additional unit production manager

Eugeni Sokolov
assistant unit manager: Russia

Leonid Vereshchagin
production manager: Russia main unit

Aleksandr Yakovlev
assistant unit manager: Russia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bernard Bellew
second assistant director: Russia

Mike Benson
second unit director: UK

Mark Egerton
first assistant director: UK, second unit director: Russia

Simon Emanuel
second assistant director: UK second unit

Robert Grasmere
second unit director: UK

Trevor Kaye
second assistant director: Russia second unit

Yuri Kryuchkov
first assistant director: Russia second unit

Mark Layton
second assistant director: UK

Liz Legum
third assistant director

Christopher Newman
first assistant director: Russia

Gareth Tandy
first assistant director: Russia second unit

Keith Young
second second assistant director

Alexander Zelenkov
first assistant director: Russia

Art Department

Daren Dochterman
illustrator

William Roy Evans
assistant construction manager

Charles Ixer
property master

Nadezhda Kotmina
property master: Russia

John Lanzer
production buyer

Steve Mitchell
scenic artist

Vladimir Murzin
art director: Russia

David J. Negron Jr.
storyboard artist

Carla S. Nemec
art department coordinator: Russia

Tony Reading
supervising art director: Russia

Rosalind Shingleton
set decorator: Russia

Yelena Shkatova
set dresser: Russia main unit

Vic Simpson
construction coordinator

Bradley Torbett
property person

Charles Torbett
property master

Jason Torbett
property person

Roman Vasiliev
set dresser: Russia main unit

Clive Wilson
property master: UK second unit

Andy Nicholson
draughtsman

Adam O'Neill
draughtsman

Christian Short
set dressing runner

Keith Short
sculptor

Sound Department

Christopher Ackland
adr editor

Beverley Baker
assistant sound editor

Don Banks
boom operator

Chris Barnes
adr editor

Pat Brennan
assistant sound editor

Michael A. Carter
sound re-recording mixer

Anthony Cleal
sound re-recording mixer

Norman A. Cole
assistant sound editor

Peter Culverwell
assistant sound editor

Pat Gilbert
assistant sound editor

Graham V. Hartstone
sound re-recording mixer

David John
sound: Russia second unit

Marc Lawes
assistant adr mixer

Steve Maguire
assistant sound editor

Mick Monks
assistant foley editor

Peter Musgrave
adr editor

William Parnell
dialogue editor

Rocky Phelan
assistant sound editor

John Poyner
adr editor

Larry Richardson
assistant sound editor

Bob Risk
foley editor

Jim Roddan
sound effects editor

Ivan Sharrock
production sound mixer

Jim Shields
supervising sound editor

Otto Snel
sound re-recording mixer

Kevin Tayler
foley recording mixer

Les Wiggins
sound effects editor

Sandy Buchanan
post-production sound assistant

Richard Pryke
assistant re-recording mixer

Michael Werth
adr editor

Special Effects

Paul Dimmer
special effects technician

John Evans
special effects supervisor: Russia main unit

David Eves
special effects technician: Russia main unit

George Gibbs
special effects supervisor

Carmila Gittens
special effects technician

Terry Glass
special effects technician

Matthew Horton
special effects technician

Andrew Kelly
special effects technician

Dave Knowles
special effects technician: Russia main unit

Phil Knowles
special effects technician

Digby Milner
special effects technician

Robert Nugent
special effects technician: Russia main unit

Andrei Pakholkov
special effects supervisor: Russia main unit

Peter Pickering
special effects technician: Russia main unit

Peter Skehan
special effects technician

James Skipsey
special effects technician: Russia main unit

David Watkins
special effects technician

David Watson
special effects technician

Barry Whitrod
special effects technician: Russia main unit

Gareth Wingrove
special effects assistant

Cliff Wallace
special effects makeup

Visual Effects

Matthew Alexander
computer and video technician

Richard Briscoe
computer graphics artist: Bionics

Craig Chandler
digital compositor

Frazer Churchill
visual effects designer: Digital Film

Adrian De Wet
digital effects: CFC

Chris Gibbons
digital compositor: Cinesite

Dan Glass
visual effects: CFC

Robert Grasmere
visual effects supervisor

Tim Grover
visual effects editor

Pete Hanson
digital effects: CFC

Ed Hawkins
digital compositor: Cinesite

Martin Hobbs
digital effects producer: Cinesite

Matthew Holben
visual effects producer: Digital Film

Lubo Hristov
digital effects art director: Cinesite

Matt Johnson
digital composite sequence supervisor

Roz Lowrie
digital effects: CFC

Peter Menich
computer graphics artist: Bionics

Dennis Michelson
digital effects: CFC

Mark Nelmes
digital effects: CFC

Nigel Nixon
computer graphics: Bionics

Charlie Noble
visual effects designer: Digital Film

Alison O'Brien
digital effects: CFC, visual effects producer

Dominic Parker
digital effects: CFC

Joe Pavlo
digital effects: CFC

Tim Quarman
digital input

Paul Riddle
visual effects designer: Digital Film

Sandra Roach
digital effects: CFC

Sue Rowe
senior digital compositor: Cinesite

Ole Dieter Sturm
computer graphics artist: Bionics

Courtney Vanderslice
production manager: Cinesite

Niki Wakefield
digital compositor: Cinesite

Arthur Windus
visual effects producer: Digital Film

Eva Wojdat
computer graphics artist: Bionics

Aviv Yaron
digital compositor: Cinesite

Sonia Calvert
digital compositor: Cinesite

Oliver James
research and development

Clare Norman
lineup & editorial: Cinesite

Kat Szuminska
digital compositor

Tim Wellspring
visual effects assistant: CFC

Pete Williams
scanning and recording manager

Stunts

Keith Campbell
stunt double: Val Kilmer, stunts

David Cronnelly
stunts

Graeme Crowther
stunts

Ray De-Haan
stunts

Tom Delmar
stunts

Sarah Franzl
stunts

Steve Griffin
stunts

Paul Heasman
stunts

Paul Jennings
stunts

Gary Powell
stunts

Greg Powell
stunt coordinator

Ronnie Rondell Jr.
stunt coordinator: Russia main unit

Lee Sheward
stunts

Mark Southworth
stunts

Julian Spencer
stunts

Anna Stacey
stunts

Kevin Hudson
stunt double

Derek Lea
stunts

Peter Pedrero
stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

Mik Allen
second assistant camera: Russia second unit

Sam Barnes
second assistant camera

Mike Benson
director of photography: Russia second unit

Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam operator: Russia main unit, camera operator: "b" camera, Russia main unit

Vince Clarke
rigging electrician

Vernon Connolly
assistant chief lighting technician

David Cozens
camera loader: "b" camera, Russia main unit

Richard Davies
grip: Russia second unit

Sean Evans
second assistant camera: UK second unit

first assistant camera

Wilf France
second assistant camera: Russia second unit

Robert Freeman
first company grip

Kenny Groom
first assistant camera: UK second unit

Ray Hall
grip: Russia second unit

Brian Harris
camera operator: Russia second unit

Martin Hume
camera operator: Russia second unit

Simon Hume
first assistant camera: Russia second unit

Tony Jackson
camera operator

Terry Lou Lewis
chief lighting technician: UK second unit

Viktor Lonek
video assist: Russia second unit

Alan Martin
chief lighting technician: Russia second unit

Steve Mcleod
assistant chief lighting technician

Stephen Morley
still photographer

Roger Pearce
camera operator

Terry Potter
chief lighting technician

Gary Romaine
camera grip

Howard Smith
Steadicam operator

Gary Spratling
camera focus: "b" camera, Russia main unit

Tony Spratling
director of photography: UK second unit

Bob Stilwell
first assistant camera: Russia second unit

Alex Thomson
additional photographer

David Worley
camera operator: UK second unit

Colin Corby
camera operator: second unit, camera operator: UK second unit

Adam Dale
aerial camera operator, aerial director of photography

Danny Espey
practical electrician

Alan Grayley
electrician

Michael Kelem
aerial camera operator

Adam Lee
electrician

Anatoliy Neznanov
electrician

Luke Palmer
clapper loader

George Richmond
first assistant camera: "b" camera, additional photography

Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond
second assistant camera: enhancement photography

Gordon Segrove
focus puller: underwater unit

Chyna Thomson
first assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography

Alf Tramontin
Steadicam operator

Tammo Van Hoorn
clapper loader: additional photography

Joshua Van Praag
camera trainee

Marc Wolff
pilot: camera plane and camera helicopter

Casting Department

Sarah Beardsall
casting associate: UK

Susan Brown
casting associate: Los Angeles

Mercedes Kelso
casting assistant

Tamara Odintsova
casting: Russia main unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Charlotte Couchman
wardrobe assistant

Brenda Donoho
costumer: Mr. Kilmer

Ralph Wheeler-Holes
assistant costume designer

Natalya Ivanova
costumer: Russia main unit

Steven Kirkby
wardrobe supervisor

Christopher Lawrence
wardrobe supervisor

Marcus Love-McGuirk
wardrobe assistant

Ann Taylor
assistant costume designer

Ros Ward
wardrobe assistant

Colin Wilson
wardrobe: Russia second unit

Lisa Lovaas
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Susan French
assistant film editor

Tim Grover
first assistant editor

Marianne Jenkins
assistant film editor

Kim Norris
negative cutter

Mike Stainer
color timer

Paul Swinburne
assistant film editor

Steve Maguire
assistant editor

Music Department

George Acogny
music supervisor

John Bell
orchestrator

Andy Brown
music contractor

Chris Dibble
score recordist, score mixer

song producer: "Dead Man Walking"

Vic Fraser
music preparation

orchestrator

Simon Manley
assistant music editor

Joe E. Rand
music editor

Graeme Revell
orchestrator

Liz Schrek
music production coordinator

David Snell
conductor

Graham Walker
music production supervisor

Brian Williams
music designer

Allan Wilson
conductor

Rolf Wilson
orchestra leader

Mark Tucker
assistant scoring engineer

Transportation Department

Nigel Birtchnell
unit driver

Kelly Browning
transportation coordinator: Russia main unit

George Andrews
unit driver

Ian Clarke
vehicle technician

David Rosenbaum
unit driver

Other Crew

Margaret Adams
production coordinator

Libbie Barr
script supervisor

Michael Binns
assistant: Mr. Evans

Anastasia Biryukova
assistant auditor: Russia main unit, interpretor: Russia main unit

Linda Bowen
assistant accountant

Bob Bridges
video effects coordinator

Chris Brock
location manager

Tania Clarke
production assistant

Mark Davies
production assistant: Phillip Noyce

Kathy Day
assistant: Mr. Neufeld

Andrew Eio
computer/video effects supervisor

Kate Garbett
contact: London, production secretary

Jonathan Goldman
production assistant: Mr. Noyce

Nicky Gregory
unit nurse

Sallie Anne Hard
assistant: Mr. Kilmer

Robin Higgs
location manager

Sherri Hopeman
assistant: Mr. Evans

Andy Hopkins
remote head technician: Russia

consultant: Russia

Jayne Issott
assistant accountant

Marianne Jenkins
assistant production coordinator: Russia main unit

Aleksei Karpushin
assistant locations: Russia main unit

Rory Lerman
assistant: Mr. Neufeld, UK

Lidia Lukes
assistant: Mr. Hitchcock

Eugene Mallove
cold fusion technical consultant

Simon Marsden
location manager: Russia main unit

Tim Monich
dialect coach

Alexander Nakhimson
location manager: Russia main unit

Rebecca Peters
video coordinator

Tatiana Petrenko
Russian advisor to Mr. Noyce: Russia main unit

Ellen Pinchuk
production coordinator: Russia main unit

Stefano Priori
production accountant: Russia main unit

Kate Sakharova
production secretary: Russia main unit

Adam Samuelson
louma crane technician

Bill Sansom
supervising rigger

Patric Scott
publicist

Brian Shemmings
safety officer, health officer

Ann Simpson
script supervisor

Mike Smith
production accountant

Eugeni Sokolov
assistant locations: Russia

Charlie Somers
floor runner

Alan Steele
assistant accountant

Paul Stentiford
armorer

Lisa Vick
script supervisor: UK second unit

Hazel Waite
assistant production coordinator

Doris Wood
assistant: Mr. Brown

Stephanie Zessos
associate: Mr. Noyce

Vladimir Zheleznikov
production coordinator: Russia main unit

Michael Barnes
financial legal services

Barbara Berkery
dialect coach

Michele R. Boissiere
production coordinator

Richard Di Sabatino
technical electronic surveillance advisor

Dean Hood
assistant accountant

Pauline Hume
title designer

Cynthia LaPointe
post associate to Val Kilmer

Vera Obolonkina
production assistant

Dmitriy Stroyev
production assistant

Mal Tobias
stand-in

Thanks

special thanks

Don Taffner
special thanks

Production Company

Paramount Pictures

Rysher Entertainment

Mace Neufeld Productions
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Argentina Video Home

CIC Vídeo

CIC-Taft Home Video
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Cinema International

Filmes Lusomundo

Paramount Filmes do Brasil

Paramount Home Entertainment
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Paramount Home Video

United International Pictures (UIP)
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United International Pictures (UIP)

Special Effects

Bionics

Cinesite

Computer Film Company, The (CFC)

Digital Film

Miscellaneous

Pinewood Studios
movie studio, re-recording facilities

1st Unit Caterering
catering in Russia

2020 Casting
background casting

Angels & Bermans
costume supplier

Apple Computer
special thanks

Arion Facilities
dailies telecine transfers

Asylum Models & Effects
saint penknife manufactured by

Audiolink Radio Communications
walkie talkies

Baltschug Kempinski Hotel
special thanks

Cable News Network (CNN)
pre-recorded videotape supplied by

Canali
select wardrobe for Val Kilmer provided courtesy of

Celtic Films
special thanks

Earles Court and Olympia
special thanks

Flying Pictures
aerial coordination

General Screen Enterprises
titles and opticals

Halcyon Hotel
special thanks

HarperCollins Publishers
"Shelley: The Pursuit" by Richard Holmes published by

Harrow School
special thanks

Ibrus Ltd.
Russia main unit production services provided by

Igifox Enterprises
Russia main unit production services provided by

Lansdowne Studios
music score mixed at, music recorded at

Lays International
transport supplier

Lee Lighting
grip and lighting equipment

Location Facilities
transport supplier

London Metropolitan Orchestra, The
music performed by

Louma UK
louma crane provided by

Moscow Aerostar Hotel
special thanks

Omnibus Press
"Skinhead" by Nick Knight published by

Oxford University
special thanks

Paramount British Pictures
additional production services provided by

Pekkaniska Oy
Moscow plane & crane hire

Pinkertons
security in Russia

Range Rover
special thanks

Reuters Television Library
additional footage supplied by

SEGA Amusements Europe Limited
special thanks

Sapex Scripts
post-production script services

Studios CTS
music score mixed at, music recorded at

Three-T
Russia main unit production services provided by

Virgin Records
soundtrack

Volvo
Simon Templar's C-70 coupe courtesy of

Wescam USA
wescam provided by






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