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Malaya

When you kiss a girl in Malaya...keep your eyes wide open and a gun in your hand!

1949★ 6.9 · 151h 38mAdventureDrama

Overview

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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James Stewart
as John Royer

DeForest Kelley
as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)

Spencer Tracy
as Carnaghan

Lionel Barrymore
as John Manchester

Richard Loo
as Colonel Genichi Tomura

Sydney Greenstreet
as The Dutchman

Valentina Cortese
as Luana

Gilbert Roland
as Romano

Frank Wilcox
as Naval Officer with Businessmen (uncredited)

John Hodiak
as Kellar

Robert B. Williams
as Army Sergeant (uncredited)

Roland Winters
as Bruno Gruber

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Release date: 1949-12-27

Runtime: 1h 38m

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AdventureDrama

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