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A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

A tale of survival.

19561h 57mFilm

War Drama Romance

64

6.4(34)

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.

Top Cast

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

Jean Paget

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Joe Harman

Tran Van Khe

Tran Van Khe

Captain Sugaya

Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Miss Horsefall

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Dudley Frost

Maureen Swanson

Maureen Swanson

Ellen

Renée Houston

Renée Houston

Ebbey

Nora Nicholson

Nora Nicholson

Mrs. Frith

Eileen Moore

Eileen Moore

Mrs. Holland

John Fabian

John Fabian

Mr. Holland

Vincent Ball

Vincent Ball

Ben

Vu Ngoc Tuan

Vu Ngoc Tuan

Captain Yanata

Kenji Takaki

Kenji Takaki

Japanese Sergeant

Tim Turner

Tim Turner

British Sergeant

Munesato Yamada

Munesato Yamada

Captain Takata

Otokichi Ikeda

Kempetei Sergeant

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Solicitor

June Shaw

Mrs Graham

Virginia Clay

Mrs Knowles

Bay White

Mrs Davies

Details

Director: Jack Lee
Status: Released
Release: 1956-03-01
Runtime: 1h 57m
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Language: EN
Score: 64%

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