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

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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!

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.

6.0

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.

7.0

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Sep 22, 1937

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.

6.5

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.

6.7

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.

6.2

Charlie Chan in Rio

Sep 5, 1941

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.

5.9

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Feb 14, 1944

Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.

6.4

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

May 20, 1944

To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

7.0

Black Magic

Aug 19, 1944

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

5.8

The Shanghai Cobra

Sep 29, 1945

Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

6.5

The Red Dragon

Aug 1, 1945

Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

5.9

The Scarlet Clue

May 11, 1945

Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.

6.1

The Jade Mask

Jan 26, 1945

The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.