Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
장르 : 스릴러, 범죄, 미스터리, 액션
상영시간 : 1시간 3분
연출 : Norman Foster
각본 : Lou Breslow, John Patrick
시놉시스
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
티벳에서 아편재배를 하며 그곳 아편시장의 한 구획을 갖고 있는 러만트 크랜스턴은 어느날 티벳의 성자인 털쿠의 부름을 받고 간다. 털쿠는 그의 몸속에 내재한 마성에 대해 언급하며 잉코라 불리웠던 그가 구원받는 길은 마성을 이용해 악과 싸우는 것뿐이라는 말을 하며 그가 잉코의 사부라고 자청한다. 털쿠의 가르침을 받은 잉코 즉, 러만트는 뉴욕으로 돌아와 악당들에게 벌을 주는 신비의 사나이 쉐도우가 된다. 그는 여러 도시에 비밀요원들을 배치해 악이 행해지는 곳은 어디든 나타나 징벌한다. 그러던 어느날 그는 마고 레인이라는 여인을 만나고, 티벳에서 징기스칸의 마지막 후예이며 털쿠의 제자였다는 슈완 칸이 나타난다. 그러나 칸은 러만트와는 달리 징기스칸이 이루지 못한 꿈인 세계정복을 꾀하며 러만트에게 합세할 것을 종용한다.
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