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A Town Like Alice (1956)

"A tale of survival."

6.3/10 1h 57m Mar 01, 1956
War Drama Romance

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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Movie Details

Original Title A Town Like Alice
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.0

Cast

Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna
Jean Paget
Popularity: 5.3
Peter Finch
Peter Finch
Joe Harman
Popularity: 1.5
Tran Van Khe
Tran Van Khe
Captain Sugaya
Popularity: 0.2
Jean Anderson
Jean Anderson
Miss Horsefall
Popularity: 1.1
Marie Lohr
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Dudley Frost
Popularity: 0.6
Maureen Swanson
Maureen Swanson
Ellen
Popularity: 0.9
Renée Houston
Renée Houston
Ebbey
Popularity: 1.0
Nora Nicholson
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Frith
Popularity: 3.1
Eileen Moore
Eileen Moore
Mrs. Holland
Popularity: 2.1
John Fabian
John Fabian
Mr. Holland
Popularity: 0.3
Vincent Ball
Vincent Ball
Ben
Popularity: 3.9
Vu Ngoc Tuan
Vu Ngoc Tuan
Captain Yanata
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Screenplay Richard Mason, W.P. Lipscomb
Executive Producer Earl St. John
Editor Sidney Hayers
Director Jack Lee
Producer Joseph Janni

Production

The Rank Organisation
GB
Vic Films Productions
GB

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Keywords

australia based on novel or book world war ii prisoner of war japanese occupation malaya 1940s kuala lumpur malaysia alice springs

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CinemaSerf 7/10
May 4, 2024

Virginia McKenna takes on the role as a dispossessed British colonial secretary forced into captivity/slavery and to fight for her very survival by the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1941 and who is, together with a group of similarly forsaken women, shunted around from camp to camp before finall ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 1, 1956
Runtime 1h 57m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.0
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