Summary
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 40GoodWatch 47
IMDb6.5
Audience score14%
Running time
1 h 19 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 adventure movies, −24 min on the typical 103
typical 10379Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1947
August 13, 1947
79 years ago
Genres
AdventureRomanceCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 21 more48 people
- Fred MacMurrayMatt Gordon
- Ava GardnerLinda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
- Roland CulverMichael Van Leyden
- Richard HaydnDeputy Commissioner Hewitt
- Spring ByingtonMrs. Bellows
- Thomas GomezMr. Mauribus
- Porter HallMr. Bellows
- George LloydSascha Barda
Maylia FongMing Ling
Holmes HerbertRev. Barnes
Edith EvansonMrs. Barnes
Frederick WorlockCadum
Lal Chand MehraMr. Hussein
Curt ConwayPepe (as Kurt Conway)- RARichard AbbottMaitre d' (uncredited)
Patrick AherneBritish Officer (uncredited)
Philip AhnJimmy - Bartender (uncredited)- NANorman AinsleyImmigration Official (uncredited)
- WAWong ArtarneBellboy (uncredited)
- JBJoe BautistaGuide (uncredited)
- LCLuke ChanChinese Waiter (uncredited)
Spencer ChanElectrician (uncredited)- MCMaxine ChevalierSinger (uncredited)
- KTKei Thin ChungBellboy (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- John Brahm Director
- Hal Herman Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Seton I. Miller Screenplay, Story
- Robert Thoeren Screenplay
Production · 1
- Jerry Bresler Producer
Camera · 1
- Maury Gertsman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Hornbeck Editor
Sound · 4
- Daniele Amfitheatrof Music
- Jack A. Bolger, Jr. Sound
- David Tamkin Orchestrator
- Charles Felstead Sound
Art · 4
- Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction
- Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
- Oliver Emert Set Decoration
- Gabriel Scognamillo Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Michael Woulfe Costume Design
- Bud Westmore Makeup Artist
- Carmen Dirigo Hairstylist
Other crew · 2
- David S. Horsley Special Effects
- John Datu Technical Advisor
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