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6.8/10   174 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Norman Foster (writer)
Philip MacDonald (writer)
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Release Date:
7 July 1939 (USA) more
Plot:
Disguised as a German archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals. full summary | add synopsis
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Nothing great, passable. more (8 total)

Cast

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Peter Lorre ... Mr. Moto
Joseph Schildkraut ... Hendrik Manderson
Lionel Atwill ... Prof. Hildebrand
Virginia Field ... Eleanore Kirke
John 'Dusty' King ... Howard Stevens (as John King)
Iva Stewart ... Susan French
G.P. Huntley ... Archibald Featherstone (as George P. Huntley Jr.)
Victor Varconi ... Paul Borodoff
John Bleifer ... Wendling
Honorable Wu ... Wong
Morgan Wallace ... David Perez

Anthony Warde ... Joe Rubla
Harry Strang ... O'Hara, Museum Guard
John Davidson ... Prince Suleid
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Additional Details

Runtime:
65 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Eighth and last of the original Moto series. more
Quotes:
Archibald Featherstone: [after blowing Moto's cover] I'm frightfully sorry. Say, I did let the cat out of the bag, didn't I?
Mr. Moto: Yes, even the poor animal's tail.
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Movie Connections:
Follows Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) more

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0 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Nothing great, passable., 9 June 2009
Author: gazzo-2 from United States

...but jest barely. It's nothing great, the final Heave of a series getting the heave Ho by the studio, cast, writers, etc. Nonsense about Cleopatra, Jewels in London and the like. You can watch this and enjoy it-but don't be fooled-this wasn't going anywheres.

Peter Lorre while making the best of the situation and the role, knew that he was fast becoming typecast as the little Japanese, inscrutable Karate-chopping detective, and therefore made a point of getting away from it.

Plus you knew w/ the War coming on, he wasn't gonna stick to it.

** outta ****

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