
After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. His boast that he could easily smuggle rubber, a key wartime natural resource, out of Malaya has him tasked with doing just that. He manages to get someone from his past, Carnaghan, sprung from Alactraz and together they head off to Southeast Asia posing as Irishmen. Once there, Carnaghan lines up some of his old cronies and with Royer and a few p... (Full plot summary below)
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After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after the U.S. enters World War II. His boast that he could easily smuggle rubber, a key wartime natural resource, out of Malaya has him tasked with doing just that. He manages to get someone from his past, Carnaghan, sprung from Alactraz and together they head off to Southeast Asia posing as Irishmen. Once there, Carnaghan lines up some of his old cronies and with Royer and a few plantation owners plans to smuggle the rubber out from under the Japanese army's watchful eye.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzUnsatisfying pulp-fiction adventurous flag-waver melodrama from WW2. |
| User ReviewAllan CPretty standard WWII adventure tale set in the Pacific theater, but the excellent cast makes this one rise above it's poor source material. How could you not enjoy Spencer Tracy and James Stewart on screen together, not to mention Sydney Greenstreet. |