Jean Paget
Search results
A Town Like Alice (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
A Town Like Alice: Directed by Jack Lee. With Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe. A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war.
- (1.9K)
- Drama, Romance, War
- Jack Lee
- 1956-06-01
Novel. Richard Mason. Screenplay. W.P. Lipscomb. Screenplay. 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.
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.
- (45)
- Jack Lee
- Drama, War
- Virginia Mckenna
A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
People also ask
Who are the actors in a town like Alice?
Is a town like Alice based on a true story?
When was a town like Alice written?
Is a town like Alice released in India?
Overview. 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. Jack Lee. Nevil Shute. W.P. Lipscomb. Richard Mason.
