As far as Cannes is concerned, the movie is surprisingly lenient with Like an audience would have wanted in the 1950s. Rom-com, but the romance is pretty predictable. You will care about the characters and miss It is also implausible and although claiming to be based on actualĮvents, you can be sure the romance between Jean and Joe is cinematicĪ lot of chemistry and the acting across the board is fine. You may pull your hair a bit as the movie is Have marched for four months straight, their hair looks remarkably good. The movie mines tears with some emotionalįor the most part, it pulls its punches as a 1956 movie would. And it especially appeals to people who want their tears jerked. Movie that appeals to females more than males. “A Town Like Alice” is not a must-see, but it is In the village that Jean returns to to dig the well. The women (not all of them, of course) end up Tells her about his idyllic ranch near a town called Alice. Harmon (Peter Finch) who is a prisoner who has to drive a truck for theĭrive trucks. The ladiesĪre slow-moving, as is the movie during this stretch. She and a group of women (the men are taken off separately) are marchedįairly heterogeneous and includes the usual bitchy rich lady and a slut. Secretary when the Japanese invaders arrived. She decides to go back to Malaya to dig a (Virginia McKenna) is informed that she has just come into some wealth.

“The characters in this film are fictitious. Withdrawn for fear of offending the Japanese. It was going to be shown at Cannes, but was The movie was a hit in Greatīritain where it finished #3 at the box office for 1956. Mini-series was made to cover the whole novel. It was based on the novel by Nevil Shute. “A Town Like Alice” is a British war film directed byĮntitled “Rape of Malay” in American theaters.

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