Overview

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!

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


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Review by: CinemaSerf

Certainly, there is something of the Charlie Chan about this engaging little mystery. Peter Lorre (complete with his studious-looking round spectacles) is the eponymous detective required to investigate the poisoning of an heavyweight boxer - mid fight. There are no absence of suspects - so "Mr. Moto" has his work cut out for him. It's a fun film, no menace, very little suspense - just a good effort from the star with a workmanlike cohort of familiar faces to support or antagonise him, and a decent standard of production and writing to pass 75 minutes. It won't strain your "little grey cells", but is worth a watch.

Reviewer rating: 7.0


Actors


Peter Lorre

Kentaro Moto


Keye Luke

Lee Chan


Dick Baldwin

Bill Steele


Lynn Bari

Penny Kendall


Douglas Fowley

Nick Crowder


Jayne Regan

Linda Benton


Harold Huber

Lieutenant Riggs


Maxie Rosenbloom

Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington


John Hamilton

Philip Benton

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