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Release Date: 1937
Cast: Jayne Regan, Sig Ruman, Wilhelm von Brincken, Richard Loo, Pauline Frederick, John Carradine, Nedda Harrigan, Philip Ahn, Peter Lorre, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas Beck, James B. Leong ...MORE
Cast: Jayne Regan, Sig Ruman, Wilhelm von Brincken, Richard Loo, Pauline Frederick, John Carradine, Nedda Harrigan, Philip Ahn, Peter Lorre, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas Beck, James B. Leong, John Bleifer ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Mystery, Black-And-White, Crime, Thriller, Detective, Detective Fiction
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) is the second in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. It was based on the novel of the same name by the Japanese detective's creator, John P. Marquand. Mr. Moto battles murderous treasure hunters for a hidden cache belonging to Genghis Khan.
A caravan settles down for the night in the Gobi Desert. A man sneaks into a tent and tries to steal a scroll, but adventurer and soldier of fortune Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) is only pretending to be asleep and kills him. When the caravan reaches Peiping, he is searched by the police. The scroll is... MORE
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) is the second in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. It was based on the novel of the same name by the Japanese detective's creator, John P. Marquand. Mr. Moto battles murderous treasure hunters for a hidden cache belonging to Genghis Khan.
A caravan settles down for the night in the Gobi Desert. A man sneaks into a tent and tries to steal a scroll, but adventurer and soldier of fortune Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) is only pretending to be asleep and kills him. When the caravan reaches Peiping, he is searched by the police. The scroll is found, but Moto grabs it and escapes.
He changes his clothes and accepts an invitation to a party hosted by Colonel Tchernov (Sig Ruman) in honor of American Eleanor Joyce (Jayne Regan). During the soirée, Moto observes another guest, Chinese Prince Chung (Philip Ahn) leaving his mother to speak privately with Tchernov in another room. Tchernov offers to buy certain family heirloom scrolls from Chung. When Chung refuses to part with them, Tchernov draws a pistol, but is killed (off-screen) by Moto. Joyce stumbles upon the scene and watches in disbelief as Moto calmly stages it to look like a suicide. LESS
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