A Town Like Alice

1956, drama, love, war

117 minutes

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.

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Cast

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

Jean Paget

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Joe Harman

Tran Van Khe

Captain Sugaya

Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Miss Horsefall

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Dudley Frost

Nora Nicholson

Nora Nicholson

Mrs. Frith

Eileen Moore

Mrs. Holland

John Fabian

Mr. Holland

Vu Ngoc Tuan

Captain Yanata

Kenji Takaki

Japanese Sergeant

Tim Turner

British Sergeant

Munesato Yamada

Captain Takata

Otokichi Ikeda

Kempetei Sergeant

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Solicitor

June Shaw

Mrs Graham

Virginia Clay

Mrs Knowles

Bay White

Mrs Davies

Sanny Bin Hussan

Mat Amin

Dominic Lieven

Michael Rhodes

Peter John

Timothy

Meg Buckenham

Mary Graham

Sam Kydd

Sam Kydd

Australian Driver

Russell Napier

Jack Burns

Martin Voss

Passenger

Ernest Blyth

Prisoner

Norman Morris

Prisoner

John Wilder

Prisoner

Ah Chong Choy

Malay Driver

Garard Green

Australian POW

Eric D. Henderson

Australian POW

Charles Gilliard

Prisoner

Crew

Art

Alex Vetchinsky

Art direction

Camera

Directing

Jack Lee

Director

Editing

Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers

Editor

Production

Earl St. John

Earl St. John

Executive producer

Joseph Janni

Producer

Sound

Matyas Seiber

Original music composer

Writing

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