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 South East 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.
Spencer Tracy
as Carnaghan
James Stewart
as John Royer
Valentina Cortese
as Luana
Sydney Greenstreet
as The Dutchman
John Hodiak
as Kellar
Lionel Barrymore
as John Manchester
Gilbert Roland
as Romano
Roland Winters
as Bruno Gruber
Richard Loo
as Colonel Genichi Tomura
Ian MacDonald
as Carlos Tassuma
Tom Helmore
as Matisson
DeForest Kelley
as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
