Malaya
“When you kiss a girl in Malaya...keep your eyes wide open and a gun in your hand!”
Synopsis
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.
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Edited by Ben LewisShot by George J FolseyScored by Bronislau Kaper
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- Malacaes
- Malesiait
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19 unique people credited
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Spencer Tracy
as Carnahan
James Stewart
as John Royer
Valentina Cortese
as Luana
James Stewart Nm0000071
as John Royer
Sydney Greenstreet
as The Dutchman
John Hodiak
as Kellar
Lionel Barrymore
as John Manchester
Gilbert Roland
as Romano
Roland Winters
as Bruno Gruber
Richard Loo
as Colonel Genichi Tomura
Ian Macdonald
as Carlos Tassuma
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