Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1938
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1h 11m

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Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Ricardo Cortez, and Virginia Field in Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938)

Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.

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Peter Lorre

Mr. Moto

Ricardo Cortez

Fabian

Virginia Field

Connie

John Carradine

Danforth

George Sanders

Eric Norvel

Joan Carroll

Mary Delacour
(as Joan Carol)

Robert Coote

Rollo

Margaret Irving

Madame Delacour

Leyland Hodgson

Hawkins

John Davidson

Hakin

Carol Adams

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Waiter
(uncredited)

Ted Billings

Barfly
(uncredited)

A.R. Bogard

Hoist Man
(uncredited)

Daniel Boone

Deep Sea Diver
(uncredited)

James Carlisle

Barfly
(uncredited)

David Cavendish

Deck Officer
(uncredited)

E.E. Clive

Port Commandant General
(uncredited)

Director
- Norman Foster
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Trivia
George Sanders so resented being assigned to a Mr. Moto B-movie that he characteristically ran up big lunch bills at upscale restaurants and charged them to director Norman Foster's account. In addition, after the actor found out the script girls had chipped in to buy Foster a bottle of his favorite bonded whiskey for his birthday, Sanders found it and drank it himself.

Goofs
The sign for the Sultana Theatre appears to advertise the film Charlie Chan à Honolulu (1938), but it clearly reads "Starring Warner Oland", and that film featured Sidney Toler, not Oland, as Charlie Chan. However, this is very likely not an error but done in tribute to the recently deceased Mr. Oland, a longtime Fox contract star.

Quotes
Danforth - aka Richard Burke: Moto, I'm beginning to believe all the stories I've heard about you.
Mr. Kentaro Moto: Please do not. I do not.

Connections
Edited into Who Dunit Theater: Mr Moto's Last Warning (2016)

Soundtracks
Rule Britannia
(1740) (uncredited)
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
Words by James Thomson
Played during the opening credits

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Featured review

6/10

There's No one Quite Like Lorre

I've always enjoyed Peter Lorre. When you run the gamut of actors from the inception of the motion picture, I can think of no one to match him. Here he plays a Chinese detective. His credibility is in question because of that very fact. Nevertheless, there is a sort of acceptance due to the wisdom of Asians. I suppose this all came out of the Charlie Chan mythos. In this one there is a plot to blow up the French fleet. It would be a major act of war and a great defeat. Mr. Moto is forced to make his way among a bevy of bad guys. There's espionage, double dealing, but he makes his solitary way through this confusing mess. One of the bad guys is a ventriloquist who seems to have a sick fascination with his dummy. Of course, this all works into the plot. Mr. Moto manages to engage the help of several other characters and finds a way to save the day.