Malaya (1949)
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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.
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Spencer TracyCarnaghan
James StewartJohn Royer
Valentina CorteseLuana
Sydney GreenstreetThe Dutchman
John HodiakKellar
Lionel BarrymoreJohn Manchester
Gilbert RolandRomano
Roland WintersBruno Gruber
Richard LooColonel Genichi Tomura
Ian MacDonaldCarlos Tassuma
Tom HelmoreMatisson
DeForest KelleyLt. Glenson (uncredited)Keywords
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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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Malaya has a runtime of 98 minutes.
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