Moto lorre is again incognito as japanese assassin ito matsuka in the french penal colony of devils island. Affiche du film mr moto takes a vacation detective movies, charlie chan, peter lorre. This film would introduce the worst element of later moto filmsthe idiot sidekick. Moto 1937 the second film in the series opens with mr. Though the stories are always rather linear they keep an audience by balancing thrills, violence, mystery, character and mild romance. The japanese detective peter lorre rounds up a league of assassins for scotland yard. Moto, 1938, directed by norman foster, with peter lorre, mary maguire, henry wilcoxon, at turner classic movies. Marquand, from an original screenplay by philip macdonald and norman foster.
Lorre makes this unique hero endlessly engaging, playing up motos coy charm and deceptive use of stereotypes. Moto might be the fourth moto film churned out in less than two years, but obviously the people behind it were still interested in making good pictures. Moto, who goes undercover to devils island in his investigation of the league of assassins. There is also a 2 film series made in france in the 1960s and a 2 film spinoff from the tv series. This film, television or videorelated list is incomplete.
List of feature film series with nine entries wikipedia. This time moto is called in by scotland yard to thwart a. Moto peter lorre has become a bit more standardized as a character. Moto is the first film in the series where the crew seems to have gotten it together. All available for the first time on dvd plus the mr.
Moto in the gobi desert traveling by caravan to peking beijing. Mysterious mr moto is included in the first of the two mr moto boxed sets. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Moto peter lorre infiltrates a gang of ruthless murderers in order to bring them to justice. Moto 1938 approved 1h 2min crime, drama, mystery 14 october 1938 usa mr. Moto, the nononsense martial artssavvy japanese detective inspired by j. Moto, the best of the series, also has the most interesting supporting cast.
To infiltrate the gang, moto poses as a devils island inmate and escapes with one of the killers. Moto is a 1937 film directed by norman foster and featuring a mysterious japanese detective named mr. Moto the film is an original story featuring the character created by john p. While moto did get to use judo, this one was a bit of an oddball, but entertaining in its own right. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The acting, acing, story, and film work were all quite a notch above the previous three.
The one significant extra is a rather interesting brief documentary on the intriguing career of director norman foster from mr moto. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Variety after orchestrating a daring escape from the infamous devils island prison, an undercover mr. The film stars peter lorre as the title character, virginia field, thomas beck and sig ruman. This time moto is called in by scotland yard to thwart a vicious. The complete collection 8 movies on 4 dvds when mr. Moto grabs his assistant, lotus liu lotus long and runs into the back where they find one of the gang. Moto 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Moto has himself imprisoned on devils island so he can help his cellmate escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers. Moto, which was not his real name in the novels, but an alias, or more precisely, they liked the notion of a japanese involved in solving crimes, so they used the name mr. By now, as i assumed after seeing the first film, mr. The 1930s film industry liked marquands novels about a japanese spy called mr.
Fox have done their usual fine job with the film getting a lovely transfer. Mr moto in mysterious mr moto 1938 peter lorre youtube. Moto 1938 the japanese detective peter lorre rounds up a league of assassins for scotland yard. Moto is an engrossing general federation of womens clubs and thrilling tale of cat and mouse thats played with intensity. Moto, produced in 1938 by twentieth century fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring peter lorre as mr.
You can find more information regarding this film on its imdb page. This is a list of film series that have nine entries. Moto has himself imprisoned on devils island so he can help his cellmate ames escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers. Three actors with unusual stories mary maguire, who became engaged to a gentleman fascist the following year. In this film, peter lorre makes his fifth appearance as j. Fans of film noir, mystery and crime thrillers ha a ne. Motos last warning is the sixth in a series of eight films starring peter lorre as mr. Moto takes a vacation detective movies, classic detective.
Moto ou streaming une fois, vous pouvez noter ce film. This time moto is called in by scotland yard to thwart a vicious gang of international assassins. Moto, changed his character greatly, gave the film role to peter lorre who is fascinating as mr. Though the stories are always rather linear they keep an audience by balancing. Moto has himself imprisoned on devils island so he can help his cellmate escape. Moto, a japanese detective working in various parts of the world. Moto takes a chance finds moto undercover in thailand as an archaeologist, actually undercover under two false identities. Charlie chan for years and peter lorre starred as the japanese detective mr. Marquands bestselling book series hit the big screen, he infused the genre with an exotic flare it hadnt previously known. Moto dons an inmates disguise to help scotland yard hunt down a gang of dangerous assassins in the fifth installment of this mystery series centering on the character created by pulitzer prizewinning novelist j.
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