Mr. Moto's Gamble
“TRAGEDY STRIKES THE ARENA AS FISTIC CHAMPIONS FALL BEFORE UNSEEN GLOVES!”
1938•NR•1h 12m•6.4•Released
MysteryComedyCrime
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!
Director
James Tinling
Writer
Charles S. Belden, Jerome Cady, John P. Marquand
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Peter Lorre
Kentaro Moto
Keye Luke
Lee Chan
Dick Baldwin
Bill Steele
Lynn Bari
Penny Kendall
Douglas Fowley
Nick Crowder
Jayne Regan
Linda Benton
Harold Huber
Lieutenant Riggs
Maxie Rosenbloom
Horace 'Knock-Out' Wellington
John Hamilton
Philip Benton
George E. Stone
Jerry Connors
Bernard Nedell
Clipper McCoy
Charles Williams
Gabby Marden
Ward Bond
Biff Moran
Cliff Clark
Tom McGuire
Eddie Marr
Sammy (as Edward Marr)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
John Stone
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