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The Return of Mr. Moto

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.


Dave O'Higgins

O'Higgins was the busking saxophone player on the second Mr Bean episode ("The Return of Mr. Bean") - accompanying Bean as he performed a dance routine to earn money to pay the busker.

Kintaro Ohki

:*WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mr. Moto

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Moto Takes a Chance is the fourth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto.

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Police friend Lieutenant Riggs (Harold Huber) takes detective Mr. Moto and student Lee Chan (Keye Luke) to a prizefight between Bill Steele (Dick Baldwin) and Frank Stanton (Russ Clark), where the winner will take on the champion, Biff Moran (Ward Bond).

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Moto’s Last Warning is the sixth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto.

This “fake” Mr. Moto turns out to be a fellow agent of Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) who is posing as a curio dealer Mr. Kuroki.

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox.

Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman

At the time the Hollywood characters of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto were popular in the Indies, leading Jo to direct a detective film which he though would be successful with ethnic Chinese audiences.

Samuel Kaylin

Samuel Kaylin (18 January 1892 – 7 July 1983) was a film composer who scored Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies for 20th Century Fox.

The Return of Mr. Bean

Jazz saxophonist Dave O'Higgins appears as the saxophone-playing busker Bean dances to.

This is the first episode to feature the 'Bean falling from sky' opening and the theme tune (Ecce homo qui est faba) performed by the Choir of Southwark Cathedral.


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