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

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.

Top Cast

  • Spencer Tracy

    Spencer Tracy

    Carnaghan

  • James Stewart

    James Stewart

    John Royer

  • Valentina Cortese

    Valentina Cortese

    Luana

  • Sydney Greenstreet

    Sydney Greenstreet

    The Dutchman

  • John Hodiak

    John Hodiak

    Kellar

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore

    John Manchester

  • Gilbert Roland

    Gilbert Roland

    Romano

  • Roland Winters

    Roland Winters

    Bruno Gruber

  • Richard Loo

    Richard Loo

    Colonel Genichi Tomura

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.

Rating

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