Mr. Moto's Gamble

Apr 7, 1938

1h 12m

★ 6.2

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

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!

Genres

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Mr. Moto's Gamble Trailers

Cast

Kentaro Moto

Peter Lorre

Lee Chan

Keye Luke

Bill Steele

Dick Baldwin

Penny Kendall

Lynn Bari

Nick Crowder

Douglas Fowley

Linda Benton

Jayne Regan

Lieutenant Riggs

Harold Huber

Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington

Maxie Rosenbloom

Philip Benton

John Hamilton

Jerry Connors

George E. Stone

Clipper McCoy

Bernard Nedell

Gabby Marden

Charles Williams

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

6.5

Charlie Chan's Chance

Jan 24, 1932

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.

8.0

Charlie Chan's Courage

Jul 6, 1934

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

6.7

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

May 21, 1937

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

6.8

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Dec 4, 1936

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

5.9

Mysterious Intruder

Apr 11, 1946

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

5.9

The Secret of the Whistler

Nov 7, 1946

A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.

7.1

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Aug 7, 1936

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

6.6

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Aug 31, 1939

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

6.4

City in Darkness

Nov 15, 1939

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..

6.9

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Jun 4, 1935

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

6.8

Charlie Chan in London

Sep 12, 1934

Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. Pamela is convinced of his innocence.

6.4

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Dec 30, 1938

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

6.5

Charlie Chan in Paris

Jan 21, 1935

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

6.2

Charlie Chan in Reno

Jun 16, 1939

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

6.6

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Oct 11, 1935

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

6.8

Charlie Chan's Secret

Jan 10, 1936

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.

5.8

The Thirteenth Hour

Feb 6, 1947

In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.

5.9

The Return of the Whistler

Mar 18, 1948

When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down