Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Directed by

Norman Foster

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective tries to protect a valuable ancient crown from a gang of thieves. The story follows his efforts to outsmart the criminals during a vacation.

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What happens

Mr Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) is a Norman Foster-directed entry in the Mr. Moto film series, with Lionel Atwill and Joseph Schildkraut and George P. Huntley, Jr, as Archie Featherstone, in supporting roles. This was the last Mr. Moto film that Peter Lorre appeared in. The movie was the seventh filmed in the series. However it was not released until after Mr. Moto in Danger Island, which was the last filmed out of eight Mr. Moto films from 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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