Malaya (1949)

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Spencer Tracy and James Stewart team up for this World War II adventure, based on an supposedly true incident from World War II. Stewart plays John Royer, an ex-newspaper reporter with a backhand knowledge of Malaya, and Tracy plays a criminal named Carnaghan, doing time in Alcatraz for smuggling.… More Spencer Tracy and James Stewart team up for this World War II adventure, based on an supposedly true incident from World War II. Stewart plays John Royer, an ex-newspaper reporter with a backhand knowledge of Malaya, and Tracy plays a criminal named Carnaghan, doing time in Alcatraz for smuggling. They are brought together for an undercover assignment -- to smuggle a large shipment of rubber out of Japanese-held territory in Malaya and deliver the tonnage to awaiting U.S. ships. Carnaghan and Royer plod through the jungles and have to deal with several unscrupulous contacts including a man calling himself The Dutchman (Sydney Greenstreet), a helpful FBI agent named Kellar (John Hodiak), and a sneaky Japanese officer by the name of Colonel Tomura (Richard Loo). ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 27, 1949 Wide
On DVD: Jun 22, 1994
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Cast

            Spencer Tracy as Carnahan

            James Stewart as John Royer

            Valentina Cortese as Luana

            Sydney Greenstreet as Dutchman

            John Hodiak as Kellar

            Lionel Barrymore as John Manchester

            Gilbert Roland as Romano

            Roland Winters as Bruno Gruber

            Richard Loo as Col. Tomura

            Ian MacDonald as Carlos Tassuma

            Joel Allen as Federal Agent

            George Carleton as Small Man

            Spencer Chan as Chinese Shipmaster

            Joseph Crehan as Fat Man

            Luther Crockett as Navy Officer

            Roque Espiritu as Malay Servant

            David Fresco as Barracuda Ed

            Herbert Heywood as Bartender

            Anthony Jochim as Lean Man

            DeForest Kelley as Lt. Glenson

            George Khoury
            
            Paul Kruger as Official

            Eddie Lee as Japanese Aids to Tomura

            Weaver Levy
            
            Leon Lontoc
            
            Peter Mamakos
            
            Lester Matthews as Mattison

            Charles Meredith as Big Man

            Matt Moore as Prison Official

            Anna Q. Nilsson as Secretary

            Jimmy O'Gatty
            
            Alex Pope
            
            Bill Self as Henchman

            Paul Singh as Servant

            Leonard Strong as Half-witted Malay

            James Todd as Carson

            Robert B. Williams as Army Sergeant

            Jack Shea as Intern

            Carli Elinor as Waiter

            Victor Groves
            
            Jack Davis as Captain
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