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Mr Moto’s Last Warning

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"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)

Runtime:71 minutes

Director: Norman Foster

Country:United States

Actors:

Peter Lorre

Mr. Moto

Ricardo Cortez

Fabian

Virginia Field

Connie

John Carradine

Danforth

George Sanders

Eric Norvel

Joan Carroll

Mary Delacour

Robert Coote

Rollo

Margaret Irving

Madame Delacour

Leyland Hodgson

Hawkins

John Davidson

Hakin

Rating:

(1'366 votes)

Language:English

Genres:Crime, Drama, Mystery

Writers:

Philip MacDonald

(original screen play by) and

Norman Foster

(original screen play by)

John P. Marquand

(based on the character created by)

Producer:

Sol M. Wurtzel

executive producer

Keywords:time bomb, mr. moto character, four word title, man wears eyeglasses, psychotronic film

Production company:

Twentieth Century Fox

(Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)

Plots: Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British. 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. The dead man was his colleague, impersonating him to throw the conspirators off his scent. Mr Moto recognises one of the conspirators as a British Secret Service agent, and together they discover that the gang have mined the harbour in preparation for the arrival of the French fleet. Their aim is to throw the blame onto the British, which may start a second World War.

Goofs: Character error When Lord Streetly, an admiral, is talking in the opening scene, he says the fleet will arrive at "23 o'clock". As a military man he would undoubtedly say 2300 hours or,at a pinch, 11 o'clock in the evening but not 23 o'clock. Continuity When Fabian first suspects that Danforth is not what he seems, he uses a pen to scribble a beard on a photo of British Intelligence Agent Richard Burke in his notebook dossier. The beard he draws ends in a straight line under Burke's chin. In a later scene, when Fabian shows the photo to Norvel, the beard is thicker and descends with a point toward Burke's collar. Factual errors When Fabian is fighting with Connie after she overheard his plans, he says if it weren't for him she'd be 'rotting in Dartmoor Prison'.Dartmoor Prison is a real prison, but houses only men.

Quotes:

Danforth - aka Richard Burke : Moto, I'm beginning to believe all the stories I've heard about you.

Mr. Kentaro Moto : Please do not. I do not.

Admiral Lord Streetly : [First Lines] The two French squadrons are here now, Benthum, off Tunis. They plan to sail directly to Port Said and proceed through the canal and join our fleet for their maneuvers in the Red Sea.

Bentham : When exactly will they reach the canal?

Admiral Lord Streetly : We had a wire from the French Admiral this morning, says, "Fleet arrives Port Said, 23 o'clock, 16 instant, compliments, Delacour Admiral, Commanding."

Bentham : That's even less time than I thought. Isn't it possible to delay them somehow?

Also known as: Mr. Moto's Last Warning ( United States ), El último mensaje del Sr. Moto ( Spain ), L'ultimo avvertimento di Mr. Moto ( Italy ), Mr. Moto Chega a Tempo ( Brazil )

Composer: David Raksin

Source:

IMDb's page for this movie

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