The second film shot in the series but for some reason the fourth released. Not sure why. It's an imperial adventure more than a detective mystery - Moto is running around Cambodia making sure the locals don't overthrow the French.
He teams up with a visiting British aviatrix who jumps out of a plane and works for British intelligence, two visiting American cameraman, a rajah. Moto pretends to be a guru and an archelogist and there's pits and executions and a finale where the goodies are under siege in a temple.
The extras budget is amusingly blown early on and at the end there's only a few cast members but the film's ambition is endearing and the sets are good.
I liked the cast - Chick Chandler's comic relief camera guy didn't grate, and Robert Kent and Rochelle Hudson were enjoyable juveniles, and the villains were strong.
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