Mr. Moto's Gamble

Apr 7, 1938

1h 12m

★ 6.3

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.

5.5

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Jan 20, 1939

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.

6.5

Charlie Chan Carries On

Apr 11, 1931

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

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!

6.0

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Sep 17, 1938

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

6.0

The Mark of the Whistler

Oct 9, 1944

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

5.8

The Power of the Whistler

Apr 19, 1945

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

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.

7.0

Castle in the Desert

Feb 2, 1942

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

6.1

The Whistler

Mar 30, 1944

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

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.

6.1

The Black Camel

Jun 21, 1931

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

6.2

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Dec 17, 1937

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

6.9

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

May 2, 1940

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

7.7

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Sep 6, 1940

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.

6.8

Charlie Chan in Panama

Mar 1, 1940

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

6.1

Murder Over New York

Dec 13, 1940

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

6.3

Dead Men Tell

Mar 28, 1941

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

6.4

Calling Dr. Death

Dec 17, 1943

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.