Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) PETER LORRE



Stars: Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, John Carradine
Director: Norman Foster

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.

source

28 Replies to “Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) PETER LORRE”

  1. Nice touch, there is Charlie Chan on the playbill. One funny thing about these films is that some of the good guys are as dumb as some of the bad guys. So hard to find good help. Turning left would be 90 degrees and a sailor would say "port".

  2. PF always my first choice. Love the 5 Peter Lorre episodes; disagree with critics. Especially the Asian antiquities sets. Love Ricardo Cortez's upbeat Sam Spade in the very engaging, often parallel, 1931 "Maltese Falcon." Must see!

  3. A Hungarian playing a Japanese agent, an American playing a British agent, a Brit playing a (French) spy, a couple of American actresses playing French women and an English actress playing an American plus a few others playing undisclosed nationalities yet somehow it gets away with it.

  4. I know that by our contemporary standards « yellowface » is abhorrent, but you have to admit that Peter Lorre really pulled it off well. And not in a stereotypical way either. His Mr. Moto is cunning, brave and a good fighter and has little of the pithy « Oriental » full of fake proverbs.

  5. The movie date appears to be 1937 or 1938 not 1939 This may explain why the country that was responsible for the sabotage was kept secret at the end of the film. In 1939 the enemies of the French and British fleets were well known as any of the Axis powers and no need to keep a secret. This also may explain Sanders indeterminate phony accent- to avoid making it clear that Germany etc. were known by the filmmakers to be on their way to the most humanly destructive war. .Only to be exceeded by the unknowing destruction of Earth by burning oil, coal and gas that had been safely stored deep in the earth for hundreds of millions of years.

  6. Good ole John Carradine playing the British agent. You gotta love the white suits, shoes, and hats. A very elegant period that lasted up through the early 60's.

  7. Peter Loire an george saunders.it seems as if the actors male female have never knew of these actors. They retain nothing of these amazing characters. Sad thank you for these flicks. But they are much , much more .

  8. mystery an spies making of good movie with cast. good load. thanks like G. saunders. P. lorre an the dummy. They have comedy, violance, great. Strange ending.

  9. Peter Lorre was an wonderful actor. This was an EXCELLENT movie and it's a shame that few movies today are made in this character

Comments are closed.