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.
Where to Watch.








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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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