Backdrop for Malaya
Poster for Malaya

Malaya

(1949)

December 27, 1949 1h 38m
67%
TMDB Score

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.

Richard Thorpe

Director

Top Billed Cast

ST

Spencer Tracy

Carnaghan

JS

James Stewart

John Royer

VC

Valentina Cortese

Luana

SG

Sydney Greenstreet

The Dutchman

JH

John Hodiak

Kellar

LB

Lionel Barrymore

John Manchester

GR

Gilbert Roland

Romano

RW

Roland Winters

Bruno Gruber

RL

Richard Loo

Colonel Genichi Tomura

IM

Ian MacDonald

Carlos Tassuma