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Director:
James Tinling
Writers:
Charles Belden (writer)
Jerome Cady (writer)
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Release Date:
7 April 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Drama more
Plot:
When the #1 heavyweight contender is mysteriously poisoned during a bout, Moto knows that identifying the gambler who placed large bets against him is the key to solving the murder. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

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Peter Lorre ... Kentaro Moto
Keye Luke ... Lee Chan
Dick Baldwin ... Bill Steele
Lynn Bari ... Penny Kendall
Douglas Fowley ... Nick Crowder
Jayne Regan ... Linda Benton
Harold Huber ... Lt. Riggs
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Horce 'Knock-Out' Wellington (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
John Hamilton ... Philip Benton
George E. Stone ... Jerry Connors
Bernard Nedell ... Clipper McCoy
Charles Williams ... Gabby Marden
Ward Bond ... Biff Moran
Cliff Clark ... McGuire
Eddie Marr ... Sammy (as Edward Marr)

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Joey
Russ Clark ... Frankie Stanton
Pierre Watkin ... Joe - District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
Charles D. Brown ... Scotty - Editor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irving Bacon ... Sheriff Tuttle (uncredited)
James Blaine ... Policeman (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Policeman (uncredited)
Gary Breckner ... Announcer (uncredited)
Don Brodie ... Ticket Seller (uncredited)
George Chandler ... Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Chester Clute ... Fight Fan Whose Ticket is Stolen (uncredited)
Pete De Grasse ... Fighter (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson ... Knock-Out Timer (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn ... Detective (uncredited)
Edward Earle ... Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Dick Elliott ... Kansas City Gambler (uncredited)
Matty Fain ... Detroit Gambler (uncredited)
Frank Fanning ... Turnkey (uncredited)
Paul Fix ... Gangster (uncredited)
Allen Fox ... Reporter (uncredited)
Dick French ... Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Gardner ... Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Jack Gargan ... Usher (uncredited)

Joe Gray ... Fighter (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ... Cleveland Gambler (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Eddie Hart ... Policeman (uncredited)
Tommy Herman ... Fighter (uncredited)
Olin Howland ... Deputy Sheriff Burt (uncredited)
Gladden James ... Cashier (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Mahoney, Police Driver (uncredited)
Stanley Mack ... Usher (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... St. Louis Gambler (uncredited)
George Magrill ... Policeman (uncredited)
Allen Mathews ... Handler (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr. ... Detective (uncredited)
Larry McGrath ... Referee (uncredited)
Lucille Miller ... Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Adrian Morris ... Policeman (uncredited)
David Newell ... Detective (uncredited)
Franklin Parker ... Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Perry ... Referee (uncredited)
Dick Rich ... Pick Pocket Detail Cop (uncredited)
Matty Roubert ... Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Gloria Roy ... Detroit Gambler's Moll (uncredited)
Robert Ryan ... Policeman (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Policeman (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley ... Doctor (uncredited)
Landers Stevens ... Doctor (uncredited)
Jack Stoney ... Kid Grant (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... Handler (uncredited)
Dan Tobey ... Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Thug (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Tinling 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Charles Belden  writer
Jerome Cady  writer (as Jerry Cady)
John P. Marquand  characters

Produced by
John Stone .... producer
Sol M. Wurtzel .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
David Buttolph (uncredited)
Samuel Kaylin (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Lucien N. Andriot  (as Lucien Androit)
 
Film Editing by
Nick DeMaggio 
 
Art Direction by
Haldane Douglas 
Bernard Herzbrun 
 
Costume Design by
Helen A. Myron 
 
Makeup Department
Webster Philips .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Ben Wurtzel .... unit manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jasper Blystone .... assistant director (uncredited)
Charles Faye .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Stanley Detlie .... assistant props (uncredited)
Don B. Greenwood .... props (uncredited)
Aaron Wolf .... assistant props (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
William H. Anderson .... sound
Bernard Freericks .... sound (as Bernard A. Freericks)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Collins .... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Eddie Fitzgerald .... camera operator (uncredited)
John Jenkins .... still photographer (uncredited)
Roger Sherman .... first assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Samuel Kaylin .... musical director
 
Other crew
Stanley Scheuer .... script clerk (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mr. Moto's Diary (USA) (review title)
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Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #4053) | Finland:K-16
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While talking to Lee Chan, Harold Huber as Lt. Riggs refers to working with Lee's father Charlie before. In Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Huber did, playing another New York policeman more
Quotes:
Nick Crowder: Who pulled the strings to get this fight on tonight?
Kentaro Moto: I plead guilty, Mr. Crowder. You see, some people save strings; I pull them.
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) more

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Standard Chan/Moto, 24 May 2009
7/10
Author: jonfrum2000 from United States

If you like Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto, you should like this movie. Unless, that is, you feel the need to get your critic's knife out and compare it to Citizen Kane. It's a B movie, folks - there are going to be wacky sidekicks and awkward plot twists. What you get is the usual made-in-four-weeks murder mystery in glorious black and white, with the usual Fox suspects as actors. Yes, Slapsie is an annoying character to me, sitting here in 2009. So are many of the son characters in Charlie Chan movies, but I can deal with them. At the time, B movies carried a formula, and the goofy sidekick was used as comic relief. At least they don't' break out in song, like they did in Marx Bros. movies. If you like this genre, you should like this movie.

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