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Malaya (1949)

Poster for Malaya

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Richard Thorpe
  • Profile picture of Spencer Tracy
    Carnaghan Spencer Tracy
  • Profile picture of James Stewart
    John Royer James Stewart
  • Profile picture of Valentina Cortese
    Luana Valentina Cortese
  • Profile picture of Sydney Greenstreet
    The Dutchman Sydney Greenstreet
  • Profile picture of John Hodiak
    Kellar John Hodiak
  • Profile picture of Lionel Barrymore
    John Manchester Lionel Barrymore
  • Profile picture of Gilbert Roland
    Romano Gilbert Roland
  • Profile picture of Roland Winters
    Bruno Gruber Roland Winters

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Keywords

  • world war ii
  • alcatraz prison
  • reporter
  • malaya
  • 1940s