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A Town Like Alice: Special Edition - Special Edition [1956] [DVD]

DVD ~ Virginia McKenna
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  • Actors: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Jean Anderson, Maureen Swanson, Renee Houston
  • Directors: Jack Lee
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Network
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Jul 2006
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000FTWUDG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,483 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A TOWN LIKE ALICE sees female prisoners of war at the mercy of the notoriously sadistic Japanese Army. A man and woman find hope and love in each other as they are forced at bayonet point on a long march of death. Based on Nevil Shute's best-seller, this film saw Best Actor and Best Actress BAFTAs awarded to Peter Finch and Viginia McKenna for their great performances.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Town like Alice., 30 April 2007
By Mr. K. Bolton (UK) - See all my reviews
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A moving war drama which takes place in the steamy jungles of Malaya during the WW 11 Japanese occupation. Starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, a group of female prisoners are compelled to trek through the jungles of Malaya and as no Japanese officers will take responsibility for their care they are left to journey from village to village and how the women come to terms with their hardships and death of some of the women and children in the group.
Jean Paget (McKenna) is befriended by Joe Harman (Finch) a tough Australian prisoner of war who dreams of returning back to his home town of Alice Springs. Jean Paget falls in love with him, but then something terrible occured and she knew that she would never see Joe again - or so she believed.........
Based on one of the best gripping novels ever written by the accomplished Nevil Shute.
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2.0 out of 5 stars just not the book, 8 Oct 2009
By BBrun "BBrun" (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
poor interpretation of the book, all the flow of the story is missing and only the chapter on malaysia is the movie -recommandation JUST READ THE BOOK - that's a great story
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5.0 out of 5 stars Network scores again, 8 Sep 2008
By N. C. Bateman (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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A great DVD, especially for the price - a tribute to the effort that Network put into releasing British films. You'll cry at the end!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Town like Alice
Great film well cast and has stood the test of time.The DVD has an interview with Peter Finch talking to Russel Harty completly spoilt as the film clips were not shown making the... Read more
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