Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
1h 11m | PG-13
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
Director: Norman Foster
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Peter Lorre
as Mr. Kentaro Moto
Ricardo Cortez
as Fabian
Virginia Field
as Connie Porter
John Carradine
as Danforth / Richard Burke
George Sanders
as Eric Norvel
Joan Carroll
as Mary Delacour
Reviews
Peter Lorre is, again, on good form as the eponymous sleuth. This adventure sees him in Egypt trying to thwart a cunning plan to cause havoc on the Suez Canal driving a wedge between the French Fleet and the Royal Navy that could cause WWII! It's maybe not the best "Moto" story, indeed its just a bit too far fetched, but as ever he has his dubious doppelgänger and George Sanders ("Norvel"), John Carradine ("Danforth") and the ever-reliable EE Clive add a bit of depth to this light and fluffy, but enjoyable, espionage drama.