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A Town Like Alice

Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 15^th Sep 2019, 01:05 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 2^nd Jan 2022, 01:00 on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 5 months

During the Japanese advance in Malaya, a group of civilians is taken prisoner and forced to embark on a gruelling trek through the jungle.

Contributors

Jean Paget:: Virginia McKenna
Joe Harman:: Peter Finch
Ellen:: Maureen Swanson
Ben:: Vincent Ball
Mrs Dudley Frost:: Marie Lohr
Ebbey:: Renee Houston
Miss Horsefall:: Jean Anderson
Japanese Sergeant:: Takagi
Captain Sugaya:: Tran Van Khe
Solicitor:: Geoffrey Keen
Director:: Jack Lee
Producer:: Joseph Janni
Writer:: WP Lipscomb

Genres

DramaWar & Disaster

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

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