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  1. A film adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel about a woman's ordeal in Malaya during World War II and her reunion with a soldier in Australia. The film stars Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch and was partially shot in Malaya and Australia.

  2. Based on Nevil Shute's novel, the film follows the story of a group of women and children who escape from Japanese prisoners of war in Malaya during World War II. They meet an Australian soldier who helps them and falls in love with one of them, Jean Paget, played by Virginia McKenna.

    • (1.9K)
    • Drama, Romance, War
    • Jack Lee
    • 1956-06-01
  3. Find out who starred in the classic war film based on Nevil Shute's novel, directed by Jack Lee and produced by Joseph Janni. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.

  4. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Australia to be with him, where she attempts, by investing her substantial financial inheritance, to generate economic prosperity in a small outback community—to turn it into "a town like Alice" i ...

  5. Dec 2, 2022 · A TOWN LIKE ALICE. 1956 - WW2 Full Movie. In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labour camps, but they have no plan...

    • 111 min
    • 1006
    • Classic British War Movies
  6. A Town Like Alice. This drama, based on the book by Nevil Shute, focuses on Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna), a British office worker captured by the Japanese in Malaysia during World War II.

    • Drama, War
  7. A Town Like Alice. An Englishwoman (Helen Morse) and an Australian prisoner of war (Bryan Brown) meet on Malaya, then reunite after World War II.

    • Drama
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