Main Cast: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet, John Hodiak
Release Year: 1949
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Lionel Barrymore - John Manchester; Gilbert Roland - Romano; Roland Winters - Bruno Gruber; Richard Loo - Col. Tomura; Ian MacDonald - Carlos Tassuma; Joel Allen - Federal Agent; George Carleton - Small Man; Spencer Chan - Chinese Shipmaster; Joseph Crehan - Fat Man; Luther Crockett - Navy Officer; Roque Espiritu - Malay Servant; David Fresco - Barracuda Ed; Herbert Heywood - Bartender; Anthony Jochim - Lean Man; DeForest Kelley - Lt. Glenson; George Khoury; Paul Kruger - Official; Eddie Lee - Japanese Aids to Tomura; Weaver Levy; Leon Lontoc; Peter Mamakos; Lester Matthews - Mattison; Charles Meredith - Big Man; Matt Moore - Prison Official; Anna Q. Nilsson - Secretary; Jimmy O'Gatty; Alex Pope; Bill Self - Henchman; Paul Singh - Servant; Leonard Strong - Half-witted Malay; James Todd - Carson; Robert B. Williams - Army Sergeant; Jack Shea - Intern; Carli Elinor - Waiter; Victor Groves; Jack Davis - Captain
Credit
Irene Valles - Costume Designer, Richard Thorpe - Director, Ben Lewis - Editor, Malcolm Arnold - Composer (Music Score), Bronislau Kaper - Composer (Music Score), Andre Previn - Musical Direction/Supervision, Malcolm Brown - Production Designer, Cedric Gibbons - Production Designer, George Folsey - Cinematographer, Edwin H. Knopf - Producer, Henry W. Grace - Set Designer, Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer, Arnold A. Gillespie - Special Effects, Warren Newcombe - Special Effects, Frank Fenton - Screenwriter, Manchester Boddy - Short Story Author
Smuggler Carnaghan (Tracy) is let out of prison by government agent Kellar (John Hodiak) on condition that he help John Royer (Stewart) sneak the entire vitally-needed rubber crop out of Japanese-held Malaya during World War II. They slip into the country and contact Carnaghan's associate, the Dutchman (Greenstreet), who conveniently recruits a gang of cutthroats for them from customers in his saloon, including Romano (Gilbert Roland).
Using money and intimidation, they succeed in purchasing all the available rubber, but eventually the Japanese commander, Colonel Tomura (Richard Loo), gets wind of the scheme. On the last trip to transport the remainder of the cargo to a waiting freighter, Carnaghan smells an ambush, but Royer disregards his warning and is killed by the waiting soldiers. The cynical Carnaghan then turns patriotic and completes the mission.
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