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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.
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 drama based on a true story of a British nurse and a Japanese soldier in Malaya during World War II. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Jack Lee
- 1956-06-01
A Town Like Alice. Nevil Shute. 4.15. 58,484 ratings4,496 reviews. Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.
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- Paperback
The Japanese town major, a Captain Nisui, came to inspect them that evening; he had known nothing about them till they appeared in his town. This was quite usual and Jean was ready for it; she explained that they were prisoners being marched to camp in Singapore.
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. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war. Directed by: Jack Lee.
Directed by Jack Lee. With Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe.A Town Like Alice Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/4c31NNeA Town Like Alice DVD...
- 3 min
- 8.6K
- Unseen Trailers
