Malaya
- Released on
- Runtime
- 98 mins
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.
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
- Spencer Tracy
- James Stewart
- Valentina Cortese
- Sydney Greenstreet
- John Hodiak
- Lionel Barrymore
- Gilbert Roland
- Roland Winters
- Richard Loo
- Ian MacDonald
- Tom Helmore
- DeForest Kelley
- Frank Wilcox
- Robert B. Williams
- David Fresco
Director
- Richard Thorpe
Producers
- Edwin H. Knopf
Screenwriter
- Frank Fenton
