Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Peter Lorre: Mr. Moto
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Quotes
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Kentaro Moto : To recognize one's faults requires intelligence; to admit them requires courage.
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Lee Chan : Oh, Mr. Moto?
Kentaro Moto : Yes, Lee?
Lee Chan : I though you would like to know I got a letter from Pop yesterday.
Kentaro Moto : Oh, you did?
Lee Chan : Mm-hmm. He sent his best to you.
Kentaro Moto : Thank you. And, uh, how is your honorable father enjoying his homelife in beautiful Honolulu?
Lee Chan : He seems fine, but he kind of worries about me. Y'see, I'm really supposed to be studying art here at the university... but gosh, I want to be a detective!
Kentaro Moto : [chuckles] I understand. My parents wanted me to be an acrobat.
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Kentaro Moto : There is no situation that science and skill cannot master.
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Kentaro Moto : Much information can be obtained from tongues loosened in anger.
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Kentaro Moto : [examining the dead body] This is not suicide Mr. Riggs.
[dryly]
Kentaro Moto : It's most unusual to shoot oneself in the back and without a gun.
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Lieutenant Riggs : A sock in the eye ain't homicide. Maybe his ticker went bad on him. Who knows?
Kentaro Moto : No one... except the coroner.
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Nick Crowder : Who pulled the strings to get this fight on tonight?
Kentaro Moto : I plead guilty, Mr. Crowder. You see, some people save strings; I pull them.