When the Japanese realise that the women, which includes children and a baby, cannot stay where they are, they are shepherded to and from different towns, made to walk in the the unforgiving conditions with no end in sight. When the Japanese suddenly invades Malaya (Malaysia) Jean is taken prisoner along with thirty other white women while their husbands are herded off to Singapore or a prison camp. Ironically, Jean is not a typical flighty woman as Strachan discovers when she tells him her experience of WWII.īefore the outbreak of war, Jean worked as a typist for a British company in Kuala Lumpur and decides to stay during the war. In his will, and due to his low regard for a woman’s ability to look after her own finances, the great-uncle stipulated that Jean may not have full access to her fortune until she is thirty-five years old and his lawyer, Noel Strachan, is to act as a trustee. 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. Language: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Monoĭubbed Languages: English, Dolby Digital 2.A Town Like Alice is a tale of an ordinary woman’s extraordinary life in the face of various hardships.

Transfer Format: 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio Winning multiple awards (including BAFTAs for both McKenna and Finch), A Town Like Alice is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.Īctor(s): Peter Finch, Virginia McKenna, Kenji Takaki, Maureen Swanson, Tran Van Khe, Jean Anderson, Vincent Ball, Marie Lohr, Renee Houston, Nora Nicholson, Eileen Moore, John Fabian, Tim Turner, Vu Ngoc Tuan, Munesato Yamada Virginia McKenna stars alongside Oscar winner Peter Finch in this acclaimed adaptation of Nevil Shute's moving novel. To relieve the suffering of the women and children, Joe steals some chickens from the sadistic Captain Sugaya, but when he is caught Sugaya orders Joe to be executed in front of Jean and the others. During her ordeal she meets captive Australian Joe Harman and there is an instant magnetism between them as they talk, Jean learns about Joe's hometown of Alice Springs, and his hope of returning there one day. Jean Paget, an English woman taken prisoner by the Japanese, is among a group of women and children forced to trek through Malaya during the occupation.

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