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