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A Town Like Alice: Special Edition - Special Edition [1956] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Jack Lee Actors: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Jean Anderson, Maureen Swanson, Renee Houston Studio: Network Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £4.99 as of 24/11/2009 23:42 GMT details You Save: £8.00 (62%) New (15) Used (3) from £4.50 Seller: bva1518 Rating: 8 reviews Sales Rank: 3471 Format: Black White, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 111 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5027626249243 ASIN: B000FTWUDG Theatrical Release Date: 1956 Release Date: July 24, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 8 1 2 Next » A Town like Alice. April 30, 2007 Mr. K. Bolton (UK) 12 out of 12 found this review helpful A moving war drama which takes place in the steamy jungles of Malaya during the WW 11 Japanese occupation. Starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, a group of female prisoners are compelled to trek through the jungles of Malaya and as no Japanese officers will take responsibility for their care they are left to journey from village to village and how the women come to terms with their hardships and death of some of the women and children in the group. br /Jean Paget (McKenna) is befriended by Joe Harman (Finch) a tough Australian prisoner of war who dreams of returning back to his home town of Alice Springs. Jean Paget falls in love with him, but then something terrible occured and she knew that she would never see Joe again - or so she believed......... br /Based on one of the best gripping novels ever written by the accomplished Nevil Shute. Network scores again September 8, 2008 N. C. Bateman (Brighton, UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful A great DVD, especially for the price - a tribute to the effort that Network put into releasing British films. You'll cry at the end! A town like Alice April 19, 2009 coin magnet (plymouth UK) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Wife loves A town like Alice good story good acting i was also rivited to the end deserves five stars. A factual reminder of the Malayan Invasion by Japan WWII May 11, 2009 G. D. Matthews (Piraeus - Greece) There have been many books and DVDs about the Japanese Invasion but in my br /opinion this is the most factual. br /This is a DVD that tells the story with consideraton to those who were br /involved and lived to tell their stories. It shows a lot of true feelings for everyone and proves that the Invaders were not all cruel. br /Buyers who are Australian, British.Malaysian and Japanese will more than br /appreciate owning this DVD. a town like alice June 4, 2009 Raymond L. Tungate 0 out of 1 found this review helpful has a b/w film lover this film british,has one of the best the actors of the film where made for this film Showing reviews 1-5 of 8 1 2 Next »

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