Peter lorre full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Moto, the nononsense martial artssavvy japanese detective inspired by j. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Moto is set in 1936, prewwii, china in the city of peking beijing.
Moto starring peter lorre and produced in 1937 by 20th century fox. Marquand, john patrick, lou breslow, norman foster. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title thank you, mr. Moto pits the japanese sleuth against international diamond smugglers. The kennel murder case full movie william powell mary astor tcc ai color duration. Moto, known as a mysterious adventurer, explorer and soldier of fortune. Moto 1937 the second film in the series opens with mr. But in his search, he discovers hes not the only one stalking the. Although marquands prominence as a writer of serious fiction dates from the publication of the late george apley, the popularity of the mr. This film was the first of 20th century foxs movie series based on the wily japanese sleuth created by j. Moto finds moto peter lorre coming to the aid of chinese royalty. But in his search, he discovers hes not the only one stalking the scrolls.
Moto is a 1937 film directed by norman foster and featuring a mysterious japanese detective named mr. Nov, 2017 the interactive transcript could not be loaded. At peiping, when an ancient scroll is found by police hidden in the mans staff, he escapes to the grand hotel where he changes clothes and reveals himself to be mr. Moto novels and can also be found in the omnibus mr. Moto, 1937, directed by norman foster, with peter lorre, thomas beck, pauline frederick, at turner classic movies. Mr moto in think fast mr moto 1937 peter lorre mark farmer. A lean 66 minutes, norman fosters film packs a significant plot line into essentially four. Media in category films of the united states, 1937 the following 86 files are in this category, out of 86 total. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a pulitzer prize for the late george apley in 1938. Moto carries a business card which identifies him as. Moto films collection 5 dvdr 9 movies 19371965 starring peter lorre.
Moto unique and special to the series is his patriotism for japan, shown in a seemingly illogical decision in monetary terms at the film s conclusion, providing the character a bit more depth than weve seen thus far. John carradine list of movies and tv shows tv guide. By 1940 is was impossible to continue the series because of world war 2 as the hero is a japanese character with a german accent. Written by wyllis cooper and norman foster, based on the 1936 novel tank you, mr. The first film of 20th century foxs charlie chan copy mr. The film is only loosely based on the novel, retaining only a few character names and very little of the overall plot. Moto is a 1937 film about a hunt for seven maps, that when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of genghis khan. Motos last warning is in the public domain and has been available for years on dozens of dvd release.
This novel was used as the basis for the movie thank you, mr. In the great gobi desert, a mongolian named ning attempts to murder a man in his sleep who recently joined. It is the second in a series of eight films starring peter lorre as mr. John phillips marquand november 10, 1893 july 16, 1960 was an american writer. Mr moto competes with a gang of ruthless treasurehunters for possession of seven scrolls which, when brought together, form a map which reveals the location of the tomb of genghis khan, reputed to contain fabulous treasure. Rating is available when the video has been rented.
The japanese detective peter lorre keeps smugglers from getting the treasures of khan. The complete collection 8 movies on 4 dvds when mr. Moto seems to be a criminal this time around, involved with a gang of. International association of importers kentaro moto confidential investigator the 1937 film thank you mr. Moto series, begun shortly after marquand returned from his 1935 china trip. Moto 1937 starring peter lorre and sidney blackmer on dvd and bluray. Download this game from microsoft store for windows 10, windows 10 mobile, windows 10 team surface hub, hololens. Moto shows a couple giving a coin to a chinese street circus. Moto 1937 seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of genghis khan. See more ideas about charlie chan, movies and old movies. This page was last edited on 17 august 2019, at 23.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Northern china has been overrun by the empire of japan. Mr moto in think fast mr moto 1937 peter lorre youtube. Moto 1937 the japanese detective peter lorre keeps smugglers from getting the treasures of khan. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Fans of film noir, mystery and crime thrillers ha a ne.
Moto, was originally published in serial form in the saturday evening post from february 8 to march 14, 1936, this novel was first published in book form in 15 may 1936. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Moto films have been released in two four movie box sets, though one film, mr. Moto in the gobi desert traveling by caravan to peking beijing.
Moto 1937 out of 4 second film in the series has peter lorre returning as mr. In the great gobi desert, a mongolian named ning attempts to murder a man in his sleep who recently joined his camel caravan, but the man instead kills ning. Moto was created by james marquand in 1935 and came to film in 1937 with peter lorre playing the role for eight films. Marquands bestselling book series hit the big screen, he infused the genre with an exotic flare it hadnt previously known. Mr moto in thank you mr moto 1937 peter lorre youtube. In the books, moto is not known as a detective, but that is one of the personas he picks up in the films, along with that of importer and international policeman. And its none other then the great peter lorre that gets to be apart of this franchise for 8 movies between 19371939. Moto is on the trail of ancient scrolls that, once put together, lead one to the grave of genghis khan and millions of dollars.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This time out moto must battle bad guys who will stop at nothing to get the seven pieces of a map that when put together shows an endless treasure of genghis khan. Moto acts a little more like charlie chan with his wise proverbs, but the stories are drastically different. Moto 1937 a thrilling tale of daring, deception and deadly greed. It was based on the novel of the same name by the detectives creator, john p. In the above files, the dead land is a duplicate of the kuriloff papers. Films of the united states, 1937 wikimedia commons. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Moto in a series of eight films made for fox in the late 1930s and this was the first of them. They included an extra dvd of a similar genre for free. Moto 1937, the second film in the series, is considered one of the best.