Mr. Moto's Last Warning

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nick s @Nick_S Nov 22, 2023 I can't get passed Lorre playing a Japanese character. Like the Chan series, it just looks ridiculous. The adventure was okay if you can overlook it, but middling. See more Jun 7, 2017 Peter Lorre, Austro-Hungarian, plays Mr. Moto, Japanese international spy. And not even a very good spy. See more Mar 7, 2014 Ricardo Cortez is a villain!!! See more Dec 18, 2013 Is this a great film - no. But the basic plot is - just that it was developed as B-list material. Moto is meant to be a Nippon-style 007, just shorter and without the entanglements of romance. Filmed in 1938 the threat of war was pervasive in society then. Shakespearean actor Peter Lorre does well, miscast as he was, as the Asian detective. For a few of the silent era years, ethnic actors were recruited to portray their race: Native Americans, Asians (often grouped together), and Negroes all had significant roles - in films about their race or homelands. by the time sound came to pictures that had ended: only "whites" were allowed to play leading or heroic roles. Ethic types were not given the chance to be worthy of respect. And in the mid-1930's, respect was just what Mr. Lorre was looking for. Previously known as the European "psychopathic" actor, Lorre distances himself from murderous German Naziism by playing the part of a heroic Japanese detective. Maybe being Japanese in the late 1930's wasn't such a great career move! But Mr. Lorre does show some impressive acting chops as well as a fair bit of physicality in this film. Also great to see Sanders and Carradine again. See more Oct 9, 2013 Good Setting & Atmosphere; Lorre is Fun to Watch--A detective with brains and brawn!! See more Jun 23, 2013 One of the last of the Mr. Moto series, here the Japanese sleauth must prevent a saboteur from blowing up a French fleet at the Suez Canal. Weak and predictable, perhaps suffering from a lack of new ideas. See more Read all reviews

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