Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
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!
- Released
- 1938-04-07
- Genres
- Mystery, Comedy, Crime
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James Tinling
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 22 votes
Cast
- 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
- Bernard Nedell as Clipper McCoy
- Charles Williams as Gabby Marden