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Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto
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Radio

Mr. Moto

NBC

NBC · 1951–1951

Broadcasts

14

Cadence

Fortnightly

Rated

PG

Since

1951

The run

Network
NBC
Years active
1951–1951
Surviving broadcasts
14
Genre
detective

Mr. Moto ran on NBC in 1951, adapting John P. Marquand's series of novels about the quiet, courteous investigator. James Monks played Moto. Only a short run survives; these transfers are public domain and come from the Old Time Radio archives.

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: MrMoto

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

4 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

JFMAMJJASOND
1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1951, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Force Called X 07 · 20 May 1951
  2. 2. The Smoke Screen · 27 May 1951
  3. 3. Blackmail · 3 Jun 1951
  • 01

    Force Called X 07

    20 May 1951 · 25 min

  • 02

    The Smoke Screen

    27 May 1951 · 29 min

  • 03

    Blackmail

    3 Jun 1951 · 25 min

  • 04

    The Dead Land

    10 Jun 1951 · 30 min

  • 05

    The Kuriloff Papers West Coast

    13 Jun 1951 · 30 min

  • 06

    The Bazaloff Papers East Coast

    17 Jun 1951 · 28 min

  • 07

    The Victim

    24 Jun 1951 · 27 min

  • 08

    Project 77

    1 Jul 1951 · 29 min

Also on NBC

NBC in 1951–1951

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