#1. Red Dust (1932)

Storyline: Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson's Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. The latest boat upriver brings Carson an unwelcome guest: Vantine, a floozy from Saigon, hoping to evade the police by a stay upcountry. But Carson, initially uninterested, soon succumbs to Vantine's ostentatious charms...until the arrival of surveyor Gary Willis, ill with malaria, and his refined but sensuous wife Barbara. Now the rains begin, and passion flows like water...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: foreman, prostitute, surveyor, wife, servant, employee, passionate ...

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#2. Outpost in Malaya (1952)

Storyline: The marriage of rubber-plantation owner Jim Frazer and his wife, Liz, which has survived many disasters, including years in a Japanese internment camp, is at a breaking point. Under constant threats of bandit attacks and concerned with the safety of his plantation and the people on it, Jim spares no time for his marriage. Liz is to take their young son, Mike, home to school in England, and, without telling Jim, does not plan to return. A neighboring plantation is attacked and the owner killed just prior to her departure. Liz and Jim get arms and ammunition from a near-by town, and a night of terror follows as the bandits attack.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: plantation owner, wife, terrorist, neighbor, son, suspenseful, thrilling ...

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#3. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005)

Storyline: In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.

Plot Keywords: king, soldier, african native, historian, bleak, frightening, solemn ...

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