A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

Movie·1956·1h 57m

A Town Like Alice

A tale of survival.

Directed By

Jack Lee

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

W.P. Lipscomb, Richard Mason

Producer

Joseph Janni, Earl St. John

Cinematography

Geoffrey Unsworth

Music

Matyas Seiber

Editor

Sidney Hayers

Themes

australiabased on novel or bookworld war iiprisoner of warjapanese occupationblack and whitemalaya1940skuala lumpur malaysiaalice springs

Production House

The Rank Organisation
Vic Films Productions

Audience Score

64%

33 votes

Skip12%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection22%

Where to watch

Region: US

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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

Captain Takata

Otokichi Ikeda

Kempetei Sergeant

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Solicitor

June Shaw

Mrs Graham

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Crew

Jack Lee

Director

W.P. Lipscomb

W.P. Lipscomb

Screenplay

Richard Mason

Screenplay

Matyas Seiber

Original Music Composer

Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Unsworth

Director of Photography

Sidney Hayers

Editor

Joseph Janni

Producer

Earl St. John

Earl St. John

Executive Producer

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