Singapore (1947)

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Returning to Singapore after a five-year absence, WWII veteran Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) mournfully recalls his romance with, and marriage to, a girl named Linda (Ava Gardner), whom he assumes was killed in a bombing raid on their wedding night. Resuming his prewar profession as a pearl smuggler,… More Returning to Singapore after a five-year absence, WWII veteran Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) mournfully recalls his romance with, and marriage to, a girl named Linda (Ava Gardner), whom he assumes was killed in a bombing raid on their wedding night. Resuming his prewar profession as a pearl smuggler, Matt gets mixed up with gangsters who are seeking a cache of pearls that he hid somewhere in Singapore during the war. He also meets wealthy Michael Van Leyden (Roland Culver), who is married to a woman who closely resembles the lamented Linda. In point of fact, she is Linda, but has been suffering from amnesia ever since the wartime bombing. Upon being reunited with his lost love, Matt does his best to ditch his unsavory companions and to rescue Linda from her "new" life. Clearly inspired by Casablanca, Singapore was remade as the 1957 Errol Flynn vehicle Istanbul. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 19 min.
Directed By: John Brahm
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure

On DVD: Mar 26, 1996

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ava and MacMurray were in great form.

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Cast

            Ava Gardner as Linda Gordon Van Leyden

            Fred MacMurray as Matt Gordon

            Richard Haydn as Chief Inspector Hewitt

            Roland Culver as Michael Van Leyden

            Thomas Gomez as Mr. Mauribus

            Spring Byington as Mrs. Bellows

            Porter Hall as Mr. Bellows

            George Lloyd as Sascha Barda

            Maylia as Ming Ling

            Holmes Herbert as Reverend Barnes

            Edith Evanson as Miss Barnes

            Frederic Worlock as Cadum

            Lal Chand Mehra as Mr. Hussein

            Curt Conway as Pepe

            Patrick Aherne as British Officer

            Philip Ahn as Bartender

            Norman Ainsley as Immigration Official

            Luke Chan as Chinese Waiter

            Dick Elliott as Passenger

            Arthur E. Gould-Porter as Broadcaster

            Leyland Hodgson as British Officer

            Rudy Robles as Desk Clerk

            Reginald Sheffield as Travel Agent

            Gerald Oliver Smith as Englishman

            George Sorel as Maitre d'

            H.T. Tsiang as Sabar

            Chabing as Native Woman

            David Ralston as Hewitt's Assistant
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