With helen morse, bryan brown, gordon jackson, dorothy alison. A town like alice is a fivehour 1981 australian television adaptation of nevil shutes novel of the same name. Set against the brutal nightmare of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living chaos of captivity, across three continents and two. Based on nevil shutes international bestselling novel a town like alice. Set against the brutal nightmare of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living chaos of captivity, across three continents. A town like alice from season 1 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of a town like alice with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. A dramatisation of shutes romantic novel, set during ww2 in malaya, and then after the war in london and australia. After stealing chickens belonging to captain sugamo, played by richard narita, to feed starving women prisoners, joe harmon, played by bryan brown is imprisoned. During the japanese advance in malaya, a group of civilians is taken prisoner and forced to embark on a gruelling trek through the jungle.
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. A town like alice, nevil shutes novel of the japanese occupation of malaya during world war ii, was first filmed as a theatrical feature in 1956. 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. From the steamy jungles of malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of australia.
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