Friday, December 14, 2012

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Norman Foster
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Moto is in London to uncover the "league of assassins", a dapper group who sell their services. An foreign executive of a steel corporation is their next target, but Moto is on to them via his disguise as the butler of one of the members. Moto keeps Scotland Yard in the loop, but it's mostly his case. The finale takes place in an art gallery and involves a falling chandelier. Moto displays some of his judo chops, or rather his stunt double does, as Lorre hardly looks physically fit enough to perform some of the fighting.

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