Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

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Audience Score
57
Mysterious Mr. Moto
NR 1 hr 2 minOct 14th, 1938Thriller, Crime, MysteryMr. Moto Collection PosterPart of Mr. Moto Collection
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
StarringPeter LorreMary MaguireHenry Wilcoxon
DirectorNorman Foster

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 14th, 1938
Original Language:English
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:
london, englandpolice officerundercoverjudoradio seriesmr. motojujitsu

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.