mr. moto gamble have a fairly straight forward plot when a boxer be murder in the ring with a mysterious poison and it up to the even more mysterious mr. moto to solve the case . i be shock at the number of positive review for mr. moto gamble on imdb . because to me . well and i find it extremely disappointing . i enjoy mr. moto and i enjoy charlie chan and but i can not say i care for this mish mash of the two . for those unfamiliar with the story behind mr. moto gamble and it be originally intend to be a charlie chan film . but when warner oland back out and some of the scene and action be rewrite for peter lorre and mr. moto . a i indicate and the end result leave me underwhelmed . mr. moto be not chan . he more mysterious and he more athletic and and he more exotic . so try to put moto in a chan film be like try to fit a square peg into a round hole it doesn not work . and listen to lorre or moto try to deliver one of chan trademark euphemism just end up sound silly . add to that the fact that almost 10 minute of the already brief 72 minute runtime be make up of box scene ( something that i never seem to enjoy ) and you end up with a movie that i couldn not help but dislike . if i have to say something positive i would point to the performance of keye luke . but even he not near enough to save mr. moto gamble in my eye . sorry and but a 4/10 be about the best i can give this one .