Thursday, December 5, 2024

The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)

The Mr Moto character is bought back for this average crime B-movie, Henry Silva isn't bad in the role but he certainly isn't Peter Lorre.

Someone is blowing up oil wells in the Persian Gulf, and the friend of Moto (Silva) who is in the oil business is killed by a deranged ex-Nazi (Martin Wyldeck). Moto goes undercover (though his disguise is rather poor, but apparently enough to fool the foolish bad guys) to try and discover who is behind an audacious plan to control the world's oil supply...

A rather low-energy and cheap B-movie, it is a passable little film though can't be said to be that good. The story is slow and unexceptional that plods along without much urgency. 

Unfortunately this was it for the Mr Moto character on screen. One fun appearance is Antony Booth as a cowardly assassin.