Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)Cast and Crew

Movie"Peter Lorre gives you your greatest thrill"

Cast

P
Peter Lorre
as Mr. Moto
M
Mary Maguire
as Ann Richman
H
Henry Wilcoxon
as Anton Darvak
E
Erik Rhodes
as David Scott-Frensham
L
Leon Ames
as Paul Brissac
F
Forrester Harvey
as George Higgins
F
Frederick Vogeding
as Gottfried Brujo
L
Lester Matthews
as Sir Charles Murchison
J
Jimmy Aubrey
as Newsboy
M
May Beatty
as Woman at Police Station
R
Reginald Barlow
as Policeman
B
Billy Bevan
as Customs Official
N
Norman Foster
as Hoodlum in Tavern
L
Leyland Hodgson
as Sergeant
N
Noble Johnson
as Native Sergeant
C
Cyril Thornton
as Phony Policeman
L
Lotus Long
as Lotus Liu
H
Harold Huber
as Ernst Litmar
M
Mitchell Lewis
as Nola
J
John Rogers
as Sniffy
N
Noble Johnson
as Native Sergeant (uncredited)
B
Billy Jones
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Crew

N
Norman Foster
Screenplay
N
Norman Foster
Director
P
Philip MacDonald
Screenplay
S
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
J
Jasper Blystone
Assistant Director
L
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
C
Charles Maxwell
Original Music Composer
B
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
H
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design
N
Norman Colbert
Editor
V
Virgil Miller
Director of Photography
F
Fred Hall
Gaffer

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.