Nevil Shute based this 1950 novel on a WWII story he had heard abou A Town Like Alice (The price can't stay this low forever...) Starring: Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, Gordon Jackson. The movie is in black and white but this in no way detracts from the story or the acting. Title: A Town Like Alice Summary: A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France. Use the HTML below. A Town Like Alice (film)-Wikipedia A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution. From the steamy... See full summary », David Callan top agent/assassin for the S.I.S., was forced to retire because he had lost his nerve. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war. Plus, the soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous and moving. Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. A Town Like Alice is a bleak and brutal film, as a group of women and children lead by Virginia McKenna are forced to march across Malaya to prison camps by the invading Japanese. Digitally Mastered. Check out our editors' picks for the best movies and shows coming your way in May. in 1984. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Arkwright is a miserly and eccentric shopkeeper with a stammer, who longs to marry his lifelong love Nurse Gladys. The trials of the British aristocratic Bellamy family and their household staff. A Town Like Alice. Hard to believe this was based on a true story. In 1941, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. Pratip - Thank you! They make a go of their lives and the eldest daughter is not happy her father's decides to return. View production, box office, & company info. Top 200 of all time 150 Essential Comedies. COMMENTARY. A Town Like Alice takes place in England, Malaysia and Australia. The lovers then have to overcome the adversity of the differences of their cultures and beliefs--her being English and he being Australian. After the war, she goes to Australia to see the town he was from and hopefully reunite with the soldier. Now if we could just get a decent copy of it! Movie & TV guides. A Town Like Alice is a tale of an ordinary woman’s extraordinary life in the face of various hardships.Jean Paget, a British woman working as a typist at a shoe and handbag manufacturer is twenty-seven years old when she inherits a nice little fortune from a long forgotten great-uncle. Four stories in one. See how many you recognize now that they're grown up. Thanks for sharing. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of Australia. A Town Like Alice tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life It contains courage, determination when the odds are against you, and taking action to change others' lives and the world around you for the better. In post-war London, a small boy, who blames himself for the accidental death of a friend, falls under the bad influence of a street criminal. I have the video of this movie which I got a few years back. The twenty-seven-year-old Jean and her brother, Donald, work in Malaya as the war ramps up. Jean Paget is an admirable, headstrong character, who when placed in the backwards Australian outback of the 1940's, is put to the test with her lover Joe, making one realize that love relationships don't go perfectly, but if the love is strong, it will persevere.This movie truly pulls the viewer into the romance between Jean and Joe and you feel every heartache and every joy that they share in your heart as well. A Town Like Alice DVD (Region One - Playable in the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Separated first by their captors then by the distance of passing years, the two are finally reunited in the rugged outback of Australia-to face a challenge every bit as demanding as their wartime trials. When Jean begins to think about making shoes. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? 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 by Nevil Shute. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. In 1941, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The last half of the film that follows is what gives this work its integrity. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 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. Certificate: PG 31 of 37 people found this review helpful. View production, box office, & company info. Follows the Sullivan family during the Second World War. It's interesting to read about the women taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, and the strength if the human spirit. Discussion for A Town Like Alice: 13 56: Dec 19, 2020 09:28AM Play Book Tag: A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute: 1 10: Oct 13, 2019 04:50AM Play Book Tag: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute - 4 stars: 5 17: Oct 08, 2019 10:20PM Play Book Tag: A Town Like Alice / Nevil Shute. I wish they would bring this movie out on DVD. 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. I can't believe these women marched hundreds of miles, having nothing to eat much of the time and some of their companions dying along the way. Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), A Town Like Alice (1950), and On the Beach (1957). They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town. There was a happy confluence of Australian drama around that time. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of Australia. With Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe. Directed by Jack Lee. 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