THE MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO-1938-In the fifth entry of the series, the famed
Japanese detective (played by non-Asian Peter Lorre) investigates
“the league of assassins” for Scotland Yard by disguising himself
as a timid turbaned servant to one of its members (Leon Ames). He
gets involved with Anton (Henry Wilcoxon), an industrialist who's
life seems to be threatened because of his secret steel formula and
Anton's girlfriend Anne (Mary Maquire). Forrester Harvey and Lotus
Long (later in the unheralded PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN) have roles and
the film's director Norman Foster (who directed most of the MOTO
series) has a bit role. There's a great fight in a bar and the climax
is terrific!
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