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.
- 5.5
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 11m
Peter Lorre
Mr. Kentaro Moto
Ricardo Cortez
Fabian
Virginia Field
Connie Porter
John Carradine
Danforth / Richard Burke
George Sanders
Eric Norvel
Joan Carroll
Mary Delacour
Robert Coote
Rollo Venables
Margaret Irving
Madame Delacour
Leyland Hodgson
Captain Bert Hawkins
John Davidson
Hakim
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)David Cavendish
Deck Officer (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
Port Commandant General (uncredited)Neil Fitzgerald
English Sergeant (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Nightclub Bouncer and Seaman (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Bentham (uncredited)
George Humbert
Stage Manager (uncredited)Jacques Lory
Markaday - Juggler (uncredited)Pat McKee
Seaman Observing Fight (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
Customs Officer (uncredited)Victor Metzetti
Cab Driver (uncredited)Robert F. Owens
Tender (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Guard at Door (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Adm. Jacques Delacour (uncredited)Wayne Rivers
Cable Man (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Adm. Lord Streetly (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
Fake Mr. Moto (uncredited)H.W. Stroele
Tender (uncredited)Al Wesslen
Deep Sea Diver (uncredited)Eric Wilton
Deck Steward (uncredited)
Released
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Reviews
Peter Lorre is, again, on good form as the eponymous sleuth. This adventure sees him in Egypt trying to thwart a cunning plan to cause havoc on the Suez Canal driving a wedge between the French Fleet and the Royal Navy that could cause WWII! It's maybe not the best "Moto" story, indeed its just a bit too far fetched, but as ever he has his dubious doppelgänger and George Sanders ("Norvel"), John C