MysteryComedyCrime

Mr. Moto's Gamble

- TRAGEDY STRIKES THE ARENA AS FISTIC CHAMPIONS FALL BEFORE UNSEEN GLOVES!

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!

Release Date : 1938-04-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Charlie Chan at the Ringside

Cast

Character Name : Kentaro Moto

Original Name : Peter Lorre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lee Chan

Original Name : Keye Luke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Steele

Original Name : Dick Baldwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penny Kendall

Original Name : Lynn Bari

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nick Crowder

Original Name : Douglas Fowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linda Benton

Original Name : Jayne Regan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lieutenant Riggs

Original Name : Harold Huber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington

Original Name : Maxie Rosenbloom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philip Benton

Original Name : John Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerry Connors

Original Name : George E. Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clipper McCoy

Original Name : Bernard Nedell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gabby Marden

Original Name : Charles Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Biff Moran

Original Name : Ward Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom McGuire

Original Name : Cliff Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sammy (as Edward Marr)

Original Name : Eddie Marr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joey

Original Name : Lon Chaney Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Stanley Blystone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Seller

Original Name : Don Brodie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part (Uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Mazurki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gangster (Uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Fix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

Original Name : Olin Howland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)

Original Name : Pierre Watkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boxing Spectator (Uncredited)

Original Name : George Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Editor

Original Name : Charles D. Brown

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-20

Certainly, there is something of the Charlie Chan about this engaging little mystery. Peter Lorre (complete with his studious-looking round spectacles) is the eponymous detective required to investigate the poisoning of an heavyweight boxer - mid fight. There are no absence of suspects - so "Mr. Moto" has his work cut out for him. It's a fun film, no menace, very little suspense - just a good effort from the star with a workmanlike cohort of familiar faces to support or antagonise him, and a decent standard of production and writing to pass 75 minutes. It won't strain your "little grey cells", but is worth a watch.