Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Directed by	Norman Foster
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Written by	Philip MacDonald Norman Foster
Based on	Based on the character created by John P. Marquand
Starring	Peter Lorre Lionel Atwill
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	Norman Colbert
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 1939
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mr Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) is a Norman Foster-directed 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 appeared in.

The movie was the seventh filmed in the series. However it was not released until after Mr. Moto in Danger Island, out of nine Mr. Moto series from 20th Century Fox.

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 very-much-alive thief succeeds in pilfering the crown-only to discover that Moto has remained three steps ahead of him throughout the film.

Iva Stewart, a member of Fox's 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.

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

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