Directed by James Tinling
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)
A Charlie Chan script was rewritten for Mr. Moto after the death of Warner Oland, but the characters are vastly different and it really doesn't work. Moto-Chan is teaching a detective class, including Number One Son Keye Luke as a student and bungling amateur, when a murder at a boxing match catches his attention. He uses it as a teaching device, following up clues in class with diagrams and explanations. There are the usual array of suspects and red herrings, with the unlikely killer eventually unmasked for the ending. This probably should be considered a Charlie Chan film, with Peter Lorre stepping in for Oland, as it is closer to a pure mystery and lacks the usual Moto exotic settings.
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