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

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5.5

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6.8

Charlie Chan at the Opera

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5.9

The Whistler

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5.9

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5.9

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5.8

Mysterious Mr. Moto

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5.9

The Mark of the Whistler

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5.8

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6.8

Castle in the Desert

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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...

5.8

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5.9

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6.8

Charlie Chan's Secret

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6.5

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4.7

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3.9

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5.8

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5.7

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5.6

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

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