Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) is present, albeit in disguise, at the discovery of the crown of the Queen of Sheba, and he later exerts himself to thwart the many crooks — including the master criminal called Metaxa, whose identity is unknown — who wish to steal the crown from the museum where it has been …
Read the full post →“<em>Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation</em> (Twentieth Century Fox, 1939)”
Saboteurs working on behalf of a hostile government seek to foment an international incident and drive a wedge between allies by blowing up the French fleet when it visits the British in Alexandria. The clever and ruthless leader of the gang (Ricardo Cortez), who performs as a ventriloquist as a cover, outwits a secret agent …
Read the full post →“<em>Mr. Moto’s Last Warning</em> (Twentieth Century Fox, 1939)”
On the island of Puerto Rico, Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre), aided after a fashion by a wrestler named Twister McGurk (Warren Hymer), investigates murders connected with diamond smuggling. A well-crafted plot with plentiful suspects among the planters and officials — including the head of the island’s police force — and the story of a famed …
Read the full post →“<em>Mr. Moto in Danger Island</em> (Twentieth Century Fox, 1939)”
Intrigue and adventure in French Indochina, with Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) working as an archaeologist when the arrival of an American flyer (Rochelle Hudson) and two documentary makers (Robert Kent and Chick Chandler) sets the stage for a confrontation with those plotting armed rebellion. This movie has Moto once again adopting a disguise — and …
Read the full post →“<em>Mr. Moto Takes a Chance</em> (Twentieth Century Fox, 1938)”
After an opening scene of violent death in the Gobi Desert, the scene shifts to China, where rival parties are after scroll painting maps that contain the secret of the location of the tomb of Genghis Khan. Six of the scroll paintings had long been in the keeping of an old but impoverished noble family, …
Read the full post →“<em>Thank You, Mr. Moto</em> (Twentieth Century Fox, 1937)”
