Mr. Moto's Gamble
19 reviews
Mystery/Comedy
1h 12m
1938
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer...
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Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
- DirectorJames Tinling
- Release7 April 1938
- Genre
- Duration1h 12m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate19 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast

Peter Lorre
Kentaro Moto

Keye Luke
Lee Chan

Dick Baldwin
Bill Steele

Lynn Bari
Penny Kendall

Douglas Fowley
Nick Crowder

Jayne Regan
Linda Benton

Harold Huber
Lieutenant Riggs

Maxie Rosenbloom
Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington

John Hamilton
Philip Benton

George E. Stone
Jerry Connors

Bernard Nedell
Clipper McCoy

Charles Williams
Gabby Marden

Ward Bond
Biff Moran

Cliff Clark
Tom McGuire

Eddie Marr
Sammy (as Edward Marr)

Lon Chaney Jr.
Joey

Irving Bacon
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Policeman

Don Brodie
Ticket Seller

Mike Mazurki
Bit Part (Uncredited)

Paul Fix
Gangster (Uncredited)

Olin Howland
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

Dick Elliott
Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)

Pierre Watkin
District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)

George Chandler
Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)

Charles D. Brown
Editor
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