Outcast of the Islands

A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.

Outcast of the Islands is a 1952 drama adventure movie directed by Carol Reed, starring Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Robert Morley. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 1,444 votes and runs 1h 33m.