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Similar to Mr. Moto's Gamble
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
Kentaro Moto
Lee Chan
Bill Steele
Penny Kendall
Nick Crowder
Linda Benton
Lieutenant Riggs
Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
Philip Benton
Jerry Connors
Clipper McCoy
Gabby Marden
Biff Moran
Tom McGuire
Sammy (as Edward Marr)
Joey
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Policeman
Ticket Seller
Bit Part (Uncredited)
Certainly, there is something of the Charlie Chan about this engaging little mystery. Peter Lorre (complete with his studious-looking round spectacles) is the eponymous detective required to investigate the poisoning of an heavyweight boxer - mid fight. There are no absence of suspects - so "Mr. Moto" has his work cut out for him. It's a fun film, no menace, very little suspense - just a good effort from the star with a workmanlike cohort of familiar faces to support or antagonise him, and a decent standard of production and writing to pass 75 minutes. It won't strain your "little grey cells", but is worth a watch.
April 7, 1938
Kentaro Moto
Lee Chan
Bill Steele
Penny Kendall
Nick Crowder
Linda Benton
Lieutenant Riggs
Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
Philip Benton
Jerry Connors
Clipper McCoy
Gabby Marden
Biff Moran
Tom McGuire
Sammy (as Edward Marr)
Joey
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Policeman
Ticket Seller
Bit Part (Uncredited)
Certainly, there is something of the Charlie Chan about this engaging little mystery. Peter Lorre (complete with his studious-looking round spectacles) is the eponymous detective required to investigate the poisoning of an heavyweight boxer - mid fight. There are no absence of suspects - so "Mr. Moto" has his work cut out for him. It's a fun film, no menace, very little suspense - just a good effort from the star with a workmanlike cohort of familiar faces to support or antagonise him, and a decent standard of production and writing to pass 75 minutes. It won't strain your "little grey cells", but is worth a watch.
