Malaya

Year: 1949

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Thorpe

AdventureDramaWar and historical adventureBravery in WarExciting spy thrillers with tense intrigue

After years abroad, journalist John Royer returns to the U.S. just as it enters World War II. Claiming he can smuggle rubber—a vital wartime resource—from Malaya, he is recruited for the mission. He frees former associate Carnaghan from Alcatraz, and the two masquerade as Irishmen heading to Southeast Asia. There, Carnaghan assembles old contacts and, with Royer and local plantation owners, plots to move the rubber past the Japanese occupation.

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