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
Take a Girl Like You (film) Take a Girl Like You (film) Take a Girl Like You is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Jonathan Miller and starring Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed and Noel Harrison. Based on the 1960 novel "Take a Girl Like You" by Kingsley Amis, it was adapted by George Melly. A television adaptation was broadcast in 2000. Mills plays Jenny, a good girl who comes to a small British town to start a simple life. Soon she becomes the center of male attention around the town. Leading the pack is the honest but gruff Patrick, who shares one goal along with