Mysterious Mr. Moto
Mysterious Mr. Moto ★★ 1938
Mr. Moto (Lorre) poses as a criminal to escape with killer Paul Brissac (Ames) from Devil's Island. Brissac is part of a gang of assassins, operating out of London, and Moto is not only after their leader but must protect industrialist Anton Darvak (Wilcoxon) who is being blackmailed by the gang. 5th in the series. 63m/B DVD . Peter Lorre, Leon Ames, Henry Wilcoxon, Mary Maguire, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, Frederick Vogeding; D: Norman Foster; W: Norman Foster, Philip MacDonald; C: Virgil Miller; M: Samuel Kaylin.
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