A Town Like Alice (1956 film) A Town Like Alice (1956 film) A Town Like Alice is a 1956 British drama film produced by Joseph Janni and starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch that is based on the eponymous 1950 novel by Nevil Shute. The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of Part Two and truncating or omitting much detail. It was partially filmed in Malaya and Australia. In post-Second World War London, a young woman, Jean Paget, is informed by solicitor Noel Strachan that she has a large inheritance. Asked what she wants to do, Jean decides to travel to
A Town Like Alice The novel was adapted to film in 1956 as "A Town Like Alice". It starred Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, directed by Jack Lee. This film was known as "Rape of Malaya" in U.S. cinemas, and by various other titles in non-English-speaking countries. It was shown in Japan under the title "Malay Death March: A Town Like Alice"（"Maree shi no koshin: Arisu no yo na machi"「マレー死の行進:アリスのような町」）. In 1981 it was adapted into a popular television miniseries called "A Town Like Alice", starring Helen Morse and Bryan Brown (with Gordon Jackson as Noel Strachan). It was broadcast internationally, in the United