Mr. Moto's hangover remedy:
lemon juice,
pinch of salt,
1 egg,
4 dashes orange bitters,
1 jigger Worcestershire sauce,
2 tsp sugar,
absinthe,
fill to top with gin.
Stir. Drink.
Lorre was not happy after Fox assigned him to the Moto films, but as he had just been released from a rehab facility for his addiction to morphine, he was in no position to argue and accepted the role.
The movie version is greatly changed from the original novel, where the criminals were using the ship to bring gambling assets to Japan, and Mr. Moto was a Japanese agent assigned to stop them from doing so.
The film or book "Think Fast, Mr. Moto" is mentioned by the Jimmy Durante character, Banjo, in the classic comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, "The Man Who Came to Dinner" which was made by Warner Brothers in 1942.
First of Fox's eight film series that starred Peter Lorre, followed by M. Moto court sa chance (1938).