Malaya
Malaya is a 1949 war film starring Spencer Tracy and James Stewart and set in colonial Malaya during World War II. It was directed by Richard Thorpe. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Sydney Greenstreet, John Hodiak and DeForest Kelley.
Plot
In January 1942, a month after the United States entered World War II, reporter John Royer (James Stewart) returns to the United States. He goes to see his friend, newspaper publisher John Manchester (Lionel Barrymore), about a scheme to smuggle desperately needed rubber out of Japanese-occupied Malaya. Manchester, though he has been selected by the government to deal with the rubber shortage, does not seem interested, but later, government agent Kellar (John Hodiak) takes him to a meeting with Manchester and others. They give their approval.
More details
| author | Frank Fenton |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Malaysia |
| director | Richard Thorpe |
| editor | Ben Lewis |
| events | Pacific War |
| keywords | alcatraz alcatraz federal penitentiary capture government agent japanese occupation of malaya japanese-occupied malaya kill newspaper publisher old friend pt boat pt boats united states world war ii wound |
| musicBy | Bronisław Kaper |
| producer | Edwin H. Knopf |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | war |