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Malaya 1949 Directed by Richard Thorpe

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Adventure , Drama
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date 27 December 1949
98 mins
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Spencer Tracy Carnaghan
James Stewart John Royer
Sydney Greenstreet The Dutchman
John Hodiak Kellar
Lionel Barrymore John Manchester
Roland Winters Bruno Gruber
Richard Loo Colonel Genichi Tomura
Ian MacDonald Carlos Tassuma
Tom Helmore Matisson
DeForest Kelley Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox Naval Officer with Businessmen (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams Army Sergeant (uncredited)
David Fresco Barracuda Ed (uncredited)
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