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A Town Like Alice (1981)
Directed by David Stevens
Overview
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. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of Australia Based on Nevil Shute’ international bestselling novel A TOWN LIKE ALICE follows the lives of Jean Paget and Joe Harman. Meeting in Malaya—she an attractive young English captive and he a cheerful Australian POW tortured for a simple act of kindness. 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.
Length 301 minutes
Actors
Bryan Brown | Gordon Jackson | Richard Narita | Cecily Polson | Helen Morse | John Lee | Lucy Bell | Yuki Shimoda | Arkie Whiteley | John Howard | Dorothy Alison | Anna Volska | Donald MacDonald | Pat Evison | Lorna Lesley | Sean Hinton | Debbie Baile