Escape to Burma (1955) on Netflix
After a local ruler's son is killed in British Burma, Jim Brecan is blamed. He takes rubies from a mine and hides on Gwen Moore's teak plantation under a false name.
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Plot summary
A local ruler's son in British Burma is dead, and the blame falls on his European mining partner, Jim Brecan. The Sawbwa, the dead man's father, wants Brecan caught and put to death without questions. Captain Cardigan of the colonial police wants him caught as well, though for a trial. Brecan makes his way through the jungle carrying a bag of rubies. He arrives at the estate where Gwen Moore harvests teak with elephants, calling himself Jim Martin. The two are attracted to each other, and after he helps her with plantation troubles, a killer tiger among them, she appoints him her manager.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Escape to Burma (1955)
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- Escape to Burma was noted for showing the indigenous people of southeast Asia as respectable and dignified, when other films often used negative stereotypes about them.
