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Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Peter Lorre gives you your greatest thrill

Part of Mr. Moto Collection

1938•1h 2m•6.2/10
MysteryThrillerCrime

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6.2/10(21)

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

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Production

20th Century Fox

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Mr. Moto

Mary Maguire

Mary Maguire

Ann Richman

Henry Wilcoxon

Henry Wilcoxon

Anton Darvak

Erik Rhodes

Erik Rhodes

David Scott-Frensham

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Paul Brissac

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

George Higgins

Frederick Vogeding

Frederick Vogeding

Gottfried Brujo

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

Sir Charles Murchison

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Newsboy

May Beatty

May Beatty

Woman at Police Station

Reginald Barlow

Reginald Barlow

Policeman

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Customs Official

Norman Foster

Norman Foster

Hoodlum in Tavern

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Sergeant

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Native Sergeant

Cyril Thornton

Phony Policeman

Lotus Long

Lotus Long

Lotus Liu

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Ernst Litmar

Mitchell Lewis

Mitchell Lewis

Nola

John Rogers

Sniffy

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