A Town Like Alice (1956)
1h 57m
Running Time
March 1, 1956Release Date
Plot.
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
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Cast & Crew.
Virginia McKenna
Jean Paget
Peter Finch
Joe Harman
Tran Van Khe
Captain Sugaya
Kenji Takagi
Japanese Sergeant
Jean Anderson
Miss Horsefall
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Dudley Frost
Maureen Swanson
Ellen
Renée Houston
Ebbey
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Frith
Eileen Moore
Mrs. Holland
John Fabian
Mr. Holland
Vincent Ball
Ben
Vu Ngoc Tuan
Captain Yanata
Kenji Takaki
Japanese Sergeant
Tim Turner
British Sergeant
Munesato Yamada
Captain Takata
Otokichi Ikeda
Kempetei Sergeant
Geoffrey Keen
Solicitor
June Shaw
Mrs Graham
Virginia Clay
Mrs Knowles
Bay White
Mrs Davies
Edwina Carroll
Fatima
Sanny Bin Hussan
Mat Amin
Margaret Eaden
Jane
Dominic Lieven
Michael Rhodes
Peter John
Timothy
Meg Buckenham
Mary Graham
Sam Kydd
Australian Driver
Russell Napier
Jack Burns
Martin Voss
Passenger
Ernest Blyth
Prisoner
Norman Morris
Prisoner
John Wilder
Prisoner
Ah Chong Choy
Malay Driver
Garard Green
Australian POW
Eric D. Henderson
Australian POW
Charles Gilliard
Prisoner
Nevil Shute
Novel
Richard Mason
Screenplay
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
world war ii
prisoner of war
australia
japanese occupation
malaya
1940s
kuala lumpur malaysia
alice springs
Wiki.
A Town Like Alice is a 1956 British drama film produced by Joseph Janni and starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch that is based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Nevil Shute. The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of part two and truncating or omitting much detail. It was partially filmed in Malaya and Australia.
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