Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) on Netflix
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A man posing as Mr. Moto is abducted and killed after his ship reaches Port Said. The real Moto is in the city, working to uncover a plot against Britain and France.
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Plot summary
Port Said is preparing for naval maneuvers between the British and French fleets, and the plans have been held up since the British Secret Service was warned that sabotage was possible. Madame Delacour, the wife of the French admiral, arrives by ship with her daughter Marie, and on board they meet Eric Norvel, Rollo Venables and a man passing himself off as Mr. Moto. Delacour and Venables go with Norvel to a variety show, where the ventriloquist Fabian the Great performs. The man traveling as Mr. Moto is lured from the dock and killed. The real Mr. Moto, an agent of the International Police, is already in the city, investigating the threat to Britain and France.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning, an original story using John P. Marquand's character rather than an adaptation, is the only Mr. Moto film in the public domain. No other entry in the series shares that status.
- Stunt man Harvey Perry was knocked out for five minutes while filming a fight scene for Mr. Moto's Last Warning, the sixth film starring Peter Lorre as the detective.
- John Carradine's part in the film was to have been played by Miles Mander, but Mander was delayed by retakes on Suez and had to be replaced. Carradine had already appeared in Thank You, Mr. Moto.
- The studio considered giving a lead role to Al Jolson, who was then making Rose of Washington Square, but the part eventually went to Ricardo Cortez instead.
