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Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)Cast and Crew

Movie"TRAGEDY STRIKES THE ARENA AS FISTIC CHAMPIONS FALL BEFORE UNSEEN GLOVES!"

Cast

P
Peter Lorre
as Kentaro Moto
K
Keye Luke
as Lee Chan
D
Dick Baldwin
as Bill Steele
L
Lynn Bari
as Penny Kendall
D
Douglas Fowley
as Nick Crowder
J
Jayne Regan
as Linda Benton
H
Harold Huber
as Lieutenant Riggs
M
Maxie Rosenbloom
as Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
J
John Hamilton
as Philip Benton
G
George E. Stone
as Jerry Connors
B
Bernard Nedell
as Clipper McCoy
C
Charles Williams
as Gabby Marden
W
Ward Bond
as Biff Moran
C
Cliff Clark
as Tom McGuire
E
Eddie Marr
as Sammy (as Edward Marr)
L
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Joey
I
Irving Bacon
as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
S
Stanley Blystone
as Policeman
D
Don Brodie
as Ticket Seller
M
Mike Mazurki
as Bit Part (Uncredited)
P
Paul Fix
as Gangster (Uncredited)
O
Olin Howland
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
D
Dick Elliott
as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
P
Pierre Watkin
as District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
G
George Chandler
as Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)
C
Charles D. Brown
as Editor

Crew

C
Charles Belden
Writer
J
James Tinling
Director
J
Jerome Cady
Writer
J
John P. Marquand
Writer
L
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography
N
Nick DeMaggio
Editor
H
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
B
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
H
Helen A. Myron
Costume Design
S
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
J
John Stone
Producer

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.