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Malaya (1949)

Malaya (1949)

Drama Adventure Thriller War

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

Release Date: 1949, December 27
Directors: Richard Thorpe
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Frank Wilcox, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Sydney Greenstreet, Robert B. Williams, Valentina Cortese, Roland Winters, Richard Loo, Ian MacDonald, David Fresco, Tom Helmore, DeForest Kelley

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.

Keywords:

double cross world war ii 1940s mercenary naval warfare secret mission release from prison reporter newspaper columnist japanese army southeast asia alcatraz prison pacific theater plantation owner american journalist japanese occupation river patrol japanese imperialism wartime logistics rubber wartime profiteers government agents torpedo attack industrial espionage war effort malaya smuggling network pt boats sacrifice and duty resource war military ambush patriotic duty