At well over six feet tall, actor Henry Silva would seem to be an inappropriate choice to portray a diminutive Japanese detective who uses judo and jiu-jitsu to physically defeat much larger adversaries.
This Lippert production was released by Twentieth Century Fox just over a quarter century after the last of their classic 8-film Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre.
At 16:49 driver Hovart is standing atop a wall leaning forward looking at the street below. Logically, the shot fired from the street should hit him in the face or chest. Illogically, when hit he grabs his lower back in pain.
In the classic series of Mr. Moto films, Mr. Moto's name was changed to "Kentaro Moto". For this resurrection, his named was restored to creator John P. Marquand's original, "I. A. Moto".