War ·Drama ·Romance · United Kingdom · 1956 · 1h 57m

A Town Like Alice

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Director
Jack Lee
Cast
Virginia McKenna as Jean Paget Peter Finch as Joe Harman Tran Van Khe as Captain Sugaya Jean Anderson as Miss Horsefall Marie Lohr as Mrs. Dudley Frost Maureen Swanson as Ellen
Crew
Geoffrey Unsworth — Director of Photography Sidney Hayers — Editor Matyas Seiber — Original Music Composer Richard Mason — Screenplay W.P. Lipscomb — Screenplay Nevil Shute — Novel
Tagline

A tale of survival.

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
australiabased on novel or bookworld war iiprisoner of warjapanese occupationblack and whitemalaya1940skuala lumpur malaysiaalice springs
Key Collaborators
Jack Lee Director Geoffrey Unsworth Director of Photography Sidney Hayers Editor Matyas Seiber Original Music Composer Richard Mason Screenplay W.P. Lipscomb Screenplay Nevil Shute Novel Joseph Janni Producer
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