Mr. Moto's Gamble

April. 07,1938      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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!

Peter Lorre as  Kentaro Moto
Keye Luke as  Lee Chan
Dick Baldwin as  Bill Steele
Lynn Bari as  Penny Kendall
Douglas Fowley as  Nick Crowder
Jayne Regan as  Linda Benton
Harold Huber as  Lieutenant Riggs
Maxie Rosenbloom as  Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
John Hamilton as  Philip Benton
George E. Stone as  Jerry Connors

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