Malaya

Dec 27, 1949

1h 38m

★ 6.7

When you kiss a girl in Malaya...keep your eyes wide open and a gun in your hand!

Overview

After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. His boast that he could easily smuggle rubber, a key wartime natural resource, out of Malaya has him tasked with doing just that. He manages to get someone from his past, Carnaghan, sprung from Alactraz and together they head off to South East Asia posing as Irishmen. Once there, Carnaghan lines up some of his old cronies and with Royer and a few plantation owners plans to smuggle the rubber out from under the Japanese army's watchful eye.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Malaya Trailers

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Cast

Carnaghan

Spencer Tracy

John Royer

James Stewart

Luana

Valentina Cortese

The Dutchman

Sydney Greenstreet

Kellar

John Hodiak

John Manchester

Lionel Barrymore

Romano

Gilbert Roland

Bruno Gruber

Roland Winters

Colonel Genichi Tomura

Richard Loo

Carlos Tassuma

Ian MacDonald

Matisson

Tom Helmore

Lt. Glenson (uncredited)

DeForest Kelley

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