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these two great actors had chemistry in making malaya james stewart and spencer tracy expound the main reason for the defeat of japan in w w 2 RUBBER this movie shows the courage and ingenuity of america to snatch rubber from japans back yard in 1942. the planters were heavily in favor of the allies and with the risk of their lives smuggled rubber out of malaya to the open sea onto allied ships. tracy and stewart in an unholy alliance run the show with valentine cortese playing the role of a broken french chanteuse in the far east adds to the intrigue along with sidney greenstreet a great movie.
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I purchased this movie as I hadn't seen it since I was a kid. I still haven't seen it as the Amazon ad does not say that this DVD "WILL NOT PLAY" on a DVD player that also records. I sent my first one back in exchange for another one. I tried to play the second one and it also wouldn't play. I got suspicious and took a magnifying glass and read the "fine print" on the back of the case and it clearly states that it will not play on a DVD device that also can record. It would have been nice had the little tidbit would have been in the original ad description. Now I will have to ship it back for a refund. Also I am out the return postage "TWICE!"Best Deals for Malaya (1949)
With James Stewart and Spencer Tracy starring together, "Malaya" seemed a good bet to be a movie worth seeing. It is a rather decent movie for its' time but there were some issues I had with its' factual content. I mention that because the movie does a good job of dealing with an actual issue that existed during the war; the shortage of raw rubber. If I'm not mistaken, the need for other habitats for the rubber plant (Brazil) and the development (out of necessity) for synthetic rubber, led to the eventual demise of the Southeast Asian rubber market. However, that came later and, at the outset of WWII, Japanese control of the rubber producing area caused a critical shortage for the US and its' Allies.The objection I had with "Malaya" was the cosy relationship that existed in the Malayan setting between the Japanese, the Dutchman, and the Americans. In case you missed any other clues that the US was already at war with Japan, Stewart's remark about his brother dying at Wake Island ought to have let you know that war was already underway. The Dutchman, played with his usual excellence by Sidney Greenstreet, was just as much a target of the Japanese as the Americans. The quick demise of The Netherlands in the initial days in Europe often obscures the role the Dutch soldiers played in the Pacific Theater of War. So what? Well, I had the feeling that "Malaya" was meant to be a cross between "Casablanca" and "Across the Pacific" with Sidney Greenstreet, rather than Humphrey Bogart, being the connection between the three movies. However, this was not a neutral site to those involved and that kept me distracted throughout the bulk of the movie.
Other than the probably overstated objection, the movie moves along well. There's a lot of tough guys in this film including Gilbert Roland playing a person of Hispanic descent made up to look like a Frenchman. (I guess that confused me as well). Nonetheless, he did well in his schizophrenic role.
Enjoy the movie and not the historical issues. It's not one of Hollywood's classics by any means but it's still worth a look.
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