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A Town Like Alice is a 1956 British drama film produced by Joseph Janni and starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch that is based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Nevil Shute. The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of part two and truncating or omitting much detail.
Based on Nevil Shute's novel, the film tells the story of a British woman's ordeal in Malaya during World War II and her reunion with an Australian soldier who helped her. Starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, the film won two BAFTA awards and received critical acclaim.
The novel was adapted to film in 1956 as A Town Like Alice. It starred Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, directed by Jack Lee. This film was known as Rape of Malaya in U.S. cinemas, and by various other titles in non-English-speaking countries.
Summary: 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. Directed by: Jack Lee. Actors: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki.
Título original: A Town Like Alice. Sinopsis: Año 1941. Un grupo de mujeres inglesas, prisioneras de los japoneses durante la II Guerra Mundial, tiene que ser trasladado de un campo de concentración a causa del elevado número de prisioneros. ...
A Town Like Alice (1956) Movie Info Synopsis This drama, based on the book by Nevil Shute, focuses on Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna), a British office worker captured by the Japanese in...
A woman returns to Malaya after the war to build a well for the villagers who helped her and her fellow prisoners. She recalls the Australian soldier who sacrificed himself for them and tries to find him in Australia.
