A Town Like Alice

Overview

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.

Release date

Mar 1, 1956

Rating

6.3 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 57 minutes

Genres

War
Drama
Romance

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
Renée Houston
As Ebbey
Nora Nicholson
As Mrs. Frith
Eileen Moore
As Mrs. Holland
John Fabian
As Mr. Holland
Vincent Ball
As Ben
Vu Ngoc Tuan
As Captain Yanata
Kenji Takaki
As Japanese Sergeant
Tim Turner
As British Sergeant
Munesato Yamada
No picture available
As Captain Takata
Otokichi Ikeda
No picture available
As Kempetei Sergeant
Geoffrey Keen
As Solicitor
June Shaw
No picture available
As Mrs Graham
Virginia Clay
No picture available
As Mrs Knowles
Bay White
No picture available
As Mrs Davies
Edwina Carroll
As Fatima
Sanny Bin Hussan
No picture available
As Mat Amin
Margaret Eaden
No picture available
As Jane
Dominic Lieven
No picture available
As Michael Rhodes
Peter John
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As Timothy
Meg Buckenham
No picture available
As Mary Graham
Sam Kydd
As Australian Driver
Russell Napier
As Jack Burns
Martin Voss
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As Passenger
Ernest Blyth
No picture available
As Prisoner (uncredited)
Norman Morris
No picture available
As Prisoner
John Wilder
No picture available
As Prisoner (uncredited)
Ah Chong Choy
No picture available
As Malay Driver
Garard Green
No picture available
As Australian POW
Eric D. Henderson
No picture available
As Australian POW
Charles Gilliard
No picture available
As Prisoner
Charles Rayford
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As

Crew

Nevil Shute
Role: Novel
Jack Lee
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Role: Director
W.P. Lipscomb
Role: Screenplay
Richard Mason
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Role: Screenplay
Matyas Seiber
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Role: Original Music Composer
Geoffrey Unsworth
Role: Director of Photography
Sidney Hayers
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Role: Editor
Alex Vetchinsky
No picture available
Role: Art Direction
Joseph Janni
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Role: Producer
Earl St. John
Role: Executive Producer

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