A Town Like Alice (1956)
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Synopsis of A Town Like Alice
A harrowing WWII drama that was a huge critical and commercial success in England, this British production was based on a novel by Nevil Shute. During the war, a group of prisoners, mostly women and children, are led by Japanese soldiers on a brutal march through Malaysia. Some die by the roadside and others are sadistically tortured. One of the women, Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna), is befriended by an Australian man who is also a prisoner of war, Joe Harman (Peter Finch). Joe tells Jean about his hometown of Alice Springs, an oasis in the Australian outback. When he steals a chicken to feed Jean and the others, Joe is caught and treated ruthlessly. The Japanese force Jean and the others to march on while Joe is put on a crucifix and left to die. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of A Town Like Alice
- Virginia McKenna - Jean Paget
- Marie Lohr - Mrs. Dudley Frost
- Jean Anderson - Miss Horsefall
- Nora Nicholson - Mrs. Frith
- Vincent Ball - Ben
- Geoffrey Keen - Solicitor
- Virginia Clay
- Bay White
- Eileen Moore - Mrs. Holland
- Cameron Moore - Freddy
- Gwenda Ewen - Mrs. Rhodes
- Peter Finch - Joe Harman
- Renee Houston - Ebbey
- Maureen Swanson - Ellen
- John Fabian - Mr. Holland
- Tim Turner - British Sergeant
- Edwina Carroll - Fatima
- Jane White - Brenda
- Charles Marshall
- Sanny Bin Hussan - Mat Amin
- Mary Allen - Mrs. Anderson
- Director(s):
- Jack Lee
- Writer(s):
- Richard Mason, W.P. Lipscomb
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Janni
- 1956 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Actress
- 1956 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Actor
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