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A Town Like Alice is a British film of genre Drama directed by Jack Lee released in USA on 20 september 1956 with Virginia McKenna
A Town Like Alice (1956)
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Add to a movie listA Town Like Alice is a 1956 British drama film, based on the 1950 novel by Nevil Shute and with Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch in the leading roles. The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of Part Two of the book, and many plot details are truncated or omitted. It was partially filmed in Malaya and Australia.
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In Post-WW2 London, a young woman, Jean Paget, is informed by solicitor Noel Strachan that she has a large inheritance. Asked what she wants to do, Jean decides to travel to Malaya to build a well in a small village.Actors
Virginia McKenna
(Jean Paget)
Peter Finch
(Joe Harman)
Kenji Takaki
(Japanese Sergeant)
Jean Anderson
(Miss Horsefall)
Marie Lohr
(Mrs. Dudley Frost)
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