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Malaya
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Malaya

Dec 27, 1949
1h 38m
★ 6.5

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

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Cast

Spencer Tracy

Carnaghan

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart

John Royer

James Stewart

Valentina Cortese

Luana

Valentina Cortese

Sydney Greenstreet

The Dutchman

Sydney Greenstreet

John Hodiak

Kellar

John Hodiak

Lionel Barrymore

John Manchester

Lionel Barrymore

Gilbert Roland

Romano

Gilbert Roland

Roland Winters

Bruno Gruber

Roland Winters

Richard Loo

Colonel Genichi Tomura

Richard Loo

Ian MacDonald

Carlos Tassuma

Ian MacDonald

Tom Helmore

Matisson

Tom Helmore

DeForest Kelley

Lt. Glenson (uncredited)

DeForest Kelley