
Feature film — 1949
Malaya (1949)
Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, cynical former newspaper correspondent John Royer devises a scheme with his old editor and government agents to return to the Far East and smuggle out a vast amount of rubber for the war effort. Demanding the freedom and company of his ex-friend, Carnahan, whom he betrayed in an exposé years earlier, Royer sails off into the hands of the Japanese with a motley crew, gold, and the promise of covert government aid.
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A high-signal pick with 17 votes.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Director: Richard Thorpe
On screen
Cast & crew

Spencer Tracy
Carnaghan

James Stewart
John Royer

Valentina Cortese
Luana

Sydney Greenstreet
The Dutchman

John Hodiak
Kellar

Lionel Barrymore
John Manchester

Gilbert Roland
Romano

Roland Winters
Bruno Gruber

Richard Loo
Colonel Genichi Tomura

Ian MacDonald
Carlos Tassuma

Tom Helmore
Matisson

DeForest Kelley
Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
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