Malaya

IMDb 6.7 1949 98 min AdventureDrama

Director

Richard Thorpe

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy Carnaghan
James Stewart
James Stewart John Royer
Valentina Cortese
Valentina Cortese Luana
Sydney Greenstreet
Sydney Greenstreet The Dutchman
John Hodiak
John Hodiak Kellar