Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

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Peter Lorre, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field, and John 'Dusty' King in Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Disguised as an Austrian archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals.Disguised as an Austrian archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals.Disguised as an Austrian archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals.

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Peter Lorre

Mr. Moto

Joseph Schildkraut

Hendrik Manderson

Lionel Atwill

Professor Hildebrand

Virginia Field

Eleanor Kirke

John 'Dusty' King

Howard Stevens
(as John King)

Iva Stewart

Susan French

G.P. Huntley

Archie Featherstone
(as George P. Huntley Jr.)

Victor Varconi

Paul Borodoff

John Bleifer

Wendling

Honorable Wu

Wong

Morgan Wallace

David Perez

Anthony Warde

Joe Rubla

Harry Strang

O'Hara

John Davidson

Prince Suleid

Eddie Abdo

Arabian Officer
(uncredited)

Carol Adams

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Bum
(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Gangster
(uncredited)

Director
- Norman Foster
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Trivia
Of Fox's 8 Moto features starring Peter Lorre, this was the seventh to be produced, but the last to be released. Copyrighted 1939, completed September 1938.

Goofs
When Moto and Featherstone return to the jeweler's and notice the bullet hole from earlier, the size of the hole has trebled in diameter.

Quotes
Archibald Featherstone: [after blowing Moto's cover] I'm frightfully sorry. Say, I did let the cat out of the bag, didn't I?
Mr. Moto: Yes, even the poor animal's tail.

Connections
Featured in Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

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Final is Killed by Comedy

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

** (out of 4)

Eighth and final entry in Fox's original series once again finds Peter Lorre in the role of Mr. Moto. This time he must fight off countless bad guys who are trying to steal a priceless crowd previously owned by the Queen of Sheba. This final entry isn't the weakest of the series but it might be the most disappointing. I was highly disappointed in this one because it features a pretty good cast but there's really nothing that works overly well here. The movie certainly a long way from being bad but at the same time there's just not enough good stuff here to make the film worth viewing. The actual story is a fairly interesting set up but not enough is done with it as we pretty much get cardboard bad guys popping up at various spots and doing something bad. There's really no heart or soul behind any of the writing and in the end the movie just comes off as a low grade "B" movie rather than something unique like a lot of the films in this series. Lorre finds himself giving another good performance and we've also got decent work by Joseph Schildkraut, Virginia Field and Lionel Atwill. Atwill is pretty much wasted in the film but it's always nice seeing him. G.P. Huntley plays the comic relief here and his awful character really brings the film down several notches. I'm not sure who the director thought would find this performance funny. Black character actor Willie Best also appears briefly. Fans of the series will certainly want to check this one out but it's doubtful many others will find any type of entertainment here.