A Town Like Alice

October. 04,1981      
Rating:
8.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Bryan Brown as  Joe Harman
Gordon Jackson as  Noel Strachan
Richard Narita as  Captain Sugamo
Helen Morse as  Jean Paget
Arkie Whiteley as  Annie
John Howard as  Donald Paget

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