Malaya

James Stewart as ex-newsman Royer, escorted by Fed Kellar (John Hodiak), is invited by his publisher, now a civilian war-effort organizer (Lionel Barrymore) and friends to elaborate his casual reference to stealing rubber from the Japanese, James Todd an expert, in Malaya, 1949, with Spencer Tracy.

Arrived in Penang, yanks Royer (James Stewart) and Carnahan (Spencer Tracy) meet contacts, especially Luana (Valentina Cortese) and "The Dutchman" (Sydney Greenstreet), in their government-backed scheme to steal rubber from the Japanese during WWII, in Malaya, 1949.