Malaya
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.
Year: 1949
Genre: War, Adventure, Thriller
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet, John Hodiak, Lionel Barrymore
Crew: Richard Thorpe (Director), Manchester Boddy (Story), Frank Fenton (Screenplay), Edwin H. Knopf (Producer), Bronislau Kaper (Original Music Composer), George J. Folsey (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Release: Dec 27, 1949
IMDb: 6.90/10 by 17 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : secret mission, release from prison, world war ii, mercenary, alcatraz prison, japanese occupation, reporter, double cross, river patrol, pacific theater, southeast asia, japanese army, malaya, war effort, naval warfare, wartime profiteers, 1940s, newspaper columnist, rubber, pt boats, industrial espionage, american journalist, plantation owner, japanese imperialism, government agents, wartime logistics, sacrifice and duty, resource war, torpedo attack, military ambush, patriotic duty, smuggling network
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