Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
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Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil’s Island so he can help his cellmate (Ames) escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers. |
| Biography: Began his career as a singer and actor in Germany, returned to the Netherlands in 1915, and left for the USA in 1920. |
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
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Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil’s Island so he can help his cellmate (Ames) escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers. |
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
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Mr. Moto poses as both an innocuous archaeologist and aged Buddhist mystic in French-ruled Cambodia in order to foil two anti-government revolutionary plots, one by fanatical holy man Bokor, who wants to overthrow the local leader, the self-indulgent Rajah Ali, and Ali himself, who wants to lead an insurgency against French colonial rule. Moto is aided by Vicki Mason, a daring Amelia Earhart-type aviatrix, who doubles as an international agent, and manages to rescue two bumbling newsreel photographers, Chick Davis and Marty Weston, the latter of whom seems to be attracted to the stunningly beautiful Miss Mason. |
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
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Mr Moto encounters mysterious goings-on on a ship bound for Shanghai. He recognises his steward as the murderer of a man in San Francisco, and catches him trying to steal an important letter from the stateroom of another passenger, Robert Hitchings. Hitchings, son of the owner of the shipping line, falls in love with Gloria, who refuses to tell him anything about her life and disappears when they arrive in Shanghai. In Shanghai, Mr Moto uncovers the secret which links the murder in San Francisco, the mysterious letter, and Gloria. |