Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Norman Foster

Writers:

Wyllis Cooper (screenplay) and
Norman Foster (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 December 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

Seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.

Plot Keywords:

Scroll | Map | Treasure | Genghis Khan | Prince

Cast

Peter Lorre	...	Mr. Moto
Thomas Beck	...	Tom Nelson
Pauline Frederick	...	Madame Chung
Jayne Regan	...	Eleanor Joyce
Sidney Blackmer	...	Herr Koerger
Sig Ruman	...	Colonel Tchernov (as Sig Rumann)
John Carradine	...	Pieriera
Wilhelm von Brincken	...	Schneider (as William Von Brincken)
Nedda Harrigan	...	Madame Tchernov
Philip Ahn	...	Prince Chung
John Bleifer	...	Ivan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brooks Benedict	...	Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	...	Hotel Guest in Lobby (uncredited)
Spencer Chan	...	Chinese Freight Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Calviero Cacciatore - Italian Consul (uncredited)
Lee Tung Foo	...	Man Questioned by Authorities (uncredited)
Chester Gan	...	Wing - Moto's Servant (uncredited)
James B. Leong	...	Officer (uncredited)
Richard Loo	...	Police Officer at Shooting Site (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles Stevens	...	Ning - Treacherous Mongol (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel	...	Hotel Guest in Lobby (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas	...	Officer at Garden Party (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung	...	Onlooker with Street Acrobats / Chinese Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Foster

Writing credits
Wyllis Cooper		(screenplay) (as Willis Cooper) and
Norman Foster		(screenplay)
John P. Marquand		(story)
Jerome Cady		contributing writer (uncredited)

Produced by
Sol M. Wurtzel	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Virgil Miller		(photography)

Film Editing by
Nick DeMaggio
Irene Morra

Art Direction by
Bernard Herzbrun
Albert Hogsett

Costume Design by
Herschel McCoy		(as Herschel)

Makeup Department
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Wilma Ryan	....	hair (uncredited)

Production Management
Ed Ebele	....	production manager (uncredited)
Sam Wurtzel	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Eckhardt	....	assistant director
Jerry Braun	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
M. Duke Abrahams	....	props (uncredited)
Stanley Detlie	....	assistant props (uncredited)
Ralph S. Hurst	....	assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Joseph E. Aiken	....	sound
William H. Anderson	....	sound
Harry Kornfield	....	boom operator (uncredited)
E.J. LaValle	....	cable man (uncredited)
J.L. Sigler	....	assistant sound (uncredited)

Stunts
Jack Woody	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
L.B. Abbott	....	second camera operator (uncredited)
John Grady	....	best boy (uncredited)
Fred Hall	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Harry R. Jones	....	assistant grip (uncredited)
Wally Meinardus	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Jerry Milligan	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Roger Murphy	....	grip (uncredited)
Ted Weisbarth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
John Hassett	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Gladys Isaacson	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Eleanor Morra	....	assistant cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Samuel Kaylin	....	musical director
Hugo Friedhofer	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Samuel Kaylin	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Jack Vernon	....	script clerk (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1937) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1938) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Television (????) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #3828) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This is the only chapter of the Mr. Moto series to actually be based on an original Mr. Moto novel.

Quotes:

Mr. Moto: Please don't be alarmed. I am only attempting to break into the safe.

Movie Connections:

Follows Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1938) ***

This is the second Mr. Moto film and I enjoyed the hell out of it! I've only got two movies of this series under my belt at the time of this writing but I liked this entry even more than the first one, which was called THINK FAST, MR. MOTO. I was struck by how much the Moto character and the formula of this film in particular reminded me of James Bond; I could almost see Sean Connery somewhere in here, if he had taken on 007 twenty-five years sooner!

Peter Lorre again plays the very eccentric Mr. Moto, and this time he's trying to find the tomb of Genghis Khan, which can only be located by securing seven ancient scrolls with intricate artwork drawn on them that may provide the desired information. There is a treasure housed in the burial place, and so Moto is not the only seeker interested in obtaining each of these valued art scrolls. Lorre is very good in this part, and he displays a varying array of moods as Mr. Moto. This chapter benefits from a generous amount of wham-bam action and also some necessary violence which seems daring for the times in which the production was made. It's also a real treat to see Sig Rumann here again as the heavy, as well as a change of pace stint by John Carradine as a foreign antiques dealer. Good stuff. Thank You indeed, Mr. Moto.