The Return of Mr. Moto

The Return of Mr Moto
The Return of Mr Moto
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Produced by	Robert L. Lippert Jack Parsons
Starring	Henry Silva
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Edited by	Robert Winter
Production company	Lippert Pictures
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	1965
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Return of Mr. Moto (also known as Mr Moto and the Persian Oil Case) is a 1965 British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Henry Silva, Terence Longdon, and Suzanne Lloyd.^[1][2]

Premise

Mr. Moto is brought in by British intelligence to assist in their investigation of a plot to drive a major oil company out of business.^[3]

Cast

• Henry Silva – Mr. Moto
• Terence Longdon – Jonathan Westering, MI5
• Suzanne Lloyd – Maxine Powell
• Martin Wyldeck – Helmut "Dargo" Engle
• Marne Maitland – Wasir Hussein
• Brian Coburn – Magda, Hussein's Henchman
• Stanley Morgan – Inspector Jim Halliday
• Peter Zander – Charles Ginelli
• Harold Kasket – Shahrdar of Wadi
• Antony Booth – Hovath
• Gordon Tanner – Russell McAllister
• Henry Gilbert – David Lennox
• Richard Evans – Chief Inspector Marlow
• Ian Fleming – Rogers
• Denis Holmes – Chapel
• Tracy Connell – Arab
• Alister Williamson – Maitre d'
• Sonyia Benjamin – Dancer

Production

The last Mr Moto book was Stopover Tokyo which was turned into a film without Moto in 1957.

Home media

This film, along with Mr. Moto in Danger Island, Mr. Moto's Gamble, Mr. Moto's Last Warning and Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation, was released on DVD in 2007 by 20th Century Fox as part of The Mr. Moto Collection, Volume Two, albeit as a DVD extra.

References

External links

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