A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
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| Virginia McKenna | ... | Jean Paget | |
| Peter Finch | ... | Joe Harman | |
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Kenji Takaki | ... | Japanese Sergeant (as Takagi) |
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Tran Van Khe | ... | Captain Sugaya |
| Jean Anderson | ... | Miss Horsefall | |
| Marie Lohr | ... | Mrs. Dudley Frost | |
| Maureen Swanson | ... | Ellen | |
| Renee Houston | ... | Ebbey | |
| Nora Nicholson | ... | Mrs. Frith | |
| Eileen Moore | ... | Mrs. Holland | |
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John Fabian | ... | Mr. Holland |
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Vincent Ball | ... | Ben |
| Tim Turner | ... | British Sergeant | |
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Vu Ngoc Tuan | ... | Captain Yanata |
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Munesato Yamada | ... | Captain Takata (as Yamada) |
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In 1941, 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. A group is sent on a forced march from place to place searching for a Women's Camp. Told from the point of view of one of the women, she meets an Australian soldier who sneaks food for them from his labor camp. After the war, she goes to Australia to see the town he was from and hopefully reunite with the soldier. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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bare chested male | australian soldier | forced march | japanese army | prisoner of war |Taglines:
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1 June 1956 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
The Rape of Malaya See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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(uncredited)
set to the tune "In Memoriam"
Music by John Stainer
Words by Albert Midlane
Arranged by Matyas Seiber
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Kuala Lumpur was captured by the Japanese Army on January 11, 1942. They occupied the city until their surrender to the British on August 15, 1945. See more »Goofs
Harry Corbett bought his Sooty puppet from a regular store - he didn't design or create it as such. It's possible therefore that Freddie might have had the same puppet before Harry Corbett gave it national fame. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: The characters in this story are fictitious. The story itself however is based upon true fact. See more »Soundtracks
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set to the tune "In Memoriam"
Music by John Stainer
Words by Albert Midlane
Arranged by Matyas Seiber
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A Town Like Alice is now an old film. However it has a certain directness and freshness which makes it quite watchable.
A Town like Alice is the story of an English nurse, who is trapped in Malaya with a group of Englihs women during the Japanese invasion. As the group can't be categorised by the Japanese army into a useful pigeonhole, they are forced to walk from city to city looking for a place to be prisoners-of-war.
The story is a strong one and the movie doesn't let the book down. Shot in excellent locations in Malaysia, the only problems are fitting the breadth of the story into a limited time.