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Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)Cast and Crew

Movie"Meet.... MR. MOTO the foxiest detective of them all!"

Cast

P
Peter Lorre
as Kentaro Moto
V
Virginia Field
as Gloria Danton/Tanya Boriv
T
Thomas Beck
as Robert 'Bob' Hitchings, Jr.
S
Sig Ruman
as Nicolas Marloff
M
Murray Kinnell
as Joseph B. Wilkie
J
John Rogers
as Carson
L
Lotus Long
as Lela Liu
G
George Cooper
as Muggs Blake
J
J. Carrol Naish
as Adram
F
Frederick Vogeding
as Curio Dealer
W
William Law
as Shanghai Police Chief

Crew

J
John P. Marquand
Novel
S
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
H
Howard Ellis Smith
Writer
N
Norman Foster
Director
N
Norman Foster
Writer

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.