"A Town Like Alice" quotes
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.
Director: Jack Lee
Writer: Nevil Shute, W.P. Lipscomb, Richard Mason
Production: N/A
Year: 1956
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 01 Jun 1956
Awards: Won 2 BAFTA 2 wins & 5 nominations total
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Cast
Jean Paget - Virginia McKenna
Joe Harman - Peter Finch
Japanese Sergeant - Kenji Takaki
Captain Sugaya - Tran Van Khe
Miss Horsefall - Jean Anderson
Mrs. Dudley Frost - Marie Lohr
Ellen - Maureen Swanson
Ebbey - Renee Houston
Mrs. Frith - Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Holland - Eileen Moore
Mr. Holland - John Fabian
Ben - Vincent Ball
British Sergeant - Tim Turner
Captain Yanata - Vu Ngoc Tuan
Captain Takata - Munesato Yamada
Captain Nishi - Nakanishi
Kempetei Sergeant - Otokichi Ikeda
Solicitor - Geoffrey Keen
Mrs. Graham - June Shaw
Mrs. Carstairs - Armine Sandford
Mrs. Anderson - Mary Allen
Mrs. Knowles - Virginia Clay
Mrs. Davies - Bay White
Mrs. Lindsay - Philippa Morgan
Mrs. O'Brien - Dorothy Moss
Mrs. Rhodes - Gwenda Ewen
Daphne Adams - Josephine Miller
Fatima - Edwina Carroll
Mat Amin - Sanny Bin Hussan
Well Digger - Charles Marshall
Brenda - Jane White
Freddie - Cameron Moore
Jane - Margaret Eaden
Michael Rhodes - Dominic Lieven
Timothy - Peter John
Mary Graham - Meg Buckenham
Robin - Geoffrey Hawkins
Prisoner - Ernest Blyth
Australian POW - Bob Head
Aussie POW - Eric Henderson
Australian Driver - Sam Kydd
Japanese Soldier - Arnold Lee
Aussie POW - Peter Madden
Prisoner - Norman Morris
Jack Burns - Russell Napier
Aussie Prisoner of War - Charles Rayford
Passenger - Martin Voss