Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr Moto Takes A Vacation 1939 is a Norman Fosterdirected entry in the Mr. Moto film series, with Lionel Atwill and Joseph Schildkraut and George Huntley, as Archie Featherstone, in supporting roles. This was the last Mr. Moto film that Peter Lorre did.

American archeologist Howard Stevens John Dusty King recovers the ancient crown of the Queen of Sheba, the priceless artifact is shipped to the San Francisco Museum. Ostensibly on vacation, Mr. Moto Peter Lorre shows up to guard the crown from a notorious master thief, whom everyone assumes is dead. Using a variety of disguises, the verymuchalive thief succeeds in pilfering the crownonly to discover that Moto has remained three steps ahead of him throughout the film.Iva Stewart, a member of Foxs stock company, was given her first dramatic lead in the film. Lionel Atwill made the movie as the first in a four picture deal with Fox. ........

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