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
Kenji Takagi
Japanese Sergeant
Tran Van Khe
Captain Sugaya
Jean Anderson
Miss Horsefall
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Dudley Frost
Maureen Swanson
Ellen
Renée Houston
Ebbey
John Fabian
Mr. Holland
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Frith
Eileen Moore
Mrs. Holland
Vincent Ball
Ben
Vu Ngoc Tuan
Captain Yanata
Jack Lee
Director
Nevil Shute
Writer
Kenji Takaki
Japanese Sergeant
W.P. Lipscomb
Writer
Tim Turner
British Sergeant
Richard Mason
Writer
Munesato Yamada
Captain Takata
Joseph Janni
Producer
Otokichi Ikeda
Kempetei Sergeant
Matyas Seiber
Composer
Geoffrey Keen
Solicitor
June Shaw
Mrs Graham
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
Sidney Hayers
Editor
Virginia Clay
Mrs Knowles
Bay White
Mrs Davies
Edwina Carroll
Fatima
Sanny Bin Hussan
Mat Amin
Margaret Eaden
Jane
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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