Mysterious Mr. Moto | |
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Directed by | Norman Foster |
Screenplay by | Philip MacDonald Norman Foster |
Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
Starring | Peter Lorre Mary Maguire Henry Wilcoxon Erik Rhodes |
Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
Edited by | Norman Colbert |
Music by | Samuel Kaylin |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date | 17 September 1938[1] |
Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mysterious Mr. Moto, produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto.[2] The film is based on the character of Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand, from an original screenplay by Philip MacDonald and Norman Foster.
The film opens with a daring escape from the French penal colony on Devil’s Island. Mr. Moto, pretending to be Ito Matsuka, a Japanese murderer, is in the company of Paul Brissac, who belongs to a group of assassins. Brissac changes his name to Romero when they arrive in London and Moto stays on as his houseboy.
Moto then uncovers a plot to assassinate pacifist industrialist Anton Darvak.
Henry Wilcoxon replaced Michael Whalen in the cast.[3] It was an early Hollywood role for Australian actor Mary Maguire.[4]
During filming Peter Lorre, as Moto, impersonated a seventy year old German painter.[5]
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