20 January 1939 Thriller, Crime, Mystery 71 mins
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.
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Peter Lorre as Mr. Kentaro Moto
Ricardo Cortez as Fabian
Virginia Field as Connie Porter
John Carradine as Danforth / Richard Burke
George Sanders as Eric Norvel
Joan Carroll as Mary Delacour
Robert Coote as Rollo Venables
Margaret Irving as Madame Delacour
Leyland Hodgson as Captain Bert Hawkins
John Davidson as Hakim
Carol Adams as Minor Role (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey as Waiter (uncredited)
Ted Billings as Barfly (uncredited)
A.R. Bogard as Hoist Man (uncredited)
Daniel Boone as Deep Sea Diver (uncredited)
David Cavendish as Deck Officer (uncredited)
Norman Foster Director
Philip MacDonald Screenplay
Norman Foster Screenplay
Lewis H. Creber Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
Sol M. Wurtzel Executive Producer
Phillip Moore Casting
Virgil Miller Director of Photography
Thomas Little Set Decoration
Freddie Stoos Art Direction
Norman Colbert Editor
Samuel Kaylin Music Director
William H. Anderson Sound
Helen A. Myron Costume Designer
E. Clayton Ward Sound
John P. Marquand Characters
Germany 28 July 1988
United States 20 January 1939
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