Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

Movie
Audience Score
58
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
NR 1 hr 3 minJun 24th, 1938Mystery, Thriller, CrimeMr. Moto Collection PosterPart of Mr. Moto Collection
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
StarringPeter LorreRochelle HudsonRobert Kent
DirectorNorman Foster

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 24th, 1938
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Sol M. Wurtzel
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:
radio seriesmr. moto

Mr. Moto Collection

Collection of movies featuring Mr. Moto Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent created by the American author John P. Marquand. He appeared in six novels by Marquand published between 1935 and 1957. Marquand initially created the character for the Saturday Evening Post, which was seeking stories with an Asian hero after the death of Charlie Chan's creator Earl Derr Biggers. In various other media, Mr. Moto has been portrayed as an international law enforcement agent. These include eight motion pictures starring Peter Lorre between 1937 and 1939, 23 radio shows starring James Monk broadcast in 1951, a 1965 film starring Henry Silva, and a 2003 comic book produced by Moonstone Books. The graphic novel Welcome Back, Mr. Moto by Rafael Nieves and Tim Hamilton published by Moonstone Books in 2008 (originally published in 2003 as a 3-issue comic book miniseries) portrays Mr. Moto as an American of Japanese descent helping Japanese-American citizens after World War II.