Malaya
6.5
“When you kiss a girl in Malaya...keep your eyes wide open and a gun in your hand!”
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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Cast
15 people
Spencer Tracy
Carnaghan
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
James Stewart
John Royer
Known for
Rear Window
Vertigo
Valentina Cortese
Luana
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Day for Night
Sydney Greenstreet
The Dutchman
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
John Hodiak
Kellar
Known for
Lifeboat
Somewhere in the Night
Lionel Barrymore
John Manchester
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Gilbert Roland
Romano
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
She Done Him Wrong
Roland Winters
Bruno Gruber
Known for
Blue Hawaii
Bigger Than Life
Richard Loo
Colonel Genichi Tomura
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Steel Helmet
Ian MacDonald
Carlos Tassuma
Known for
High Noon
White Heat
Tom Helmore
Matisson
Known for
Vertigo
The Time Machine
DeForest Kelley
Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Known for
Star Trek
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Richard Thorpe Director · Frank Fenton Screenplay Manchester Boddy Story
Worldwide gross $3.1M · United States release December 27, 1949 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,087,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 27, 1949
Theatrical
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