Town Called Malice Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" is a song recorded by British band the Jam from the album "The Gift". It debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1982. The title is a play on the 1950 Nevil Shute novel "A Town Like Alice," although Paul Weller says he had not read the book at the time. It was a double A-side single release featuring "Precious" as the flip side. A 12" version was also available with a live version of "Town Called Malice" backed by an extended version of "Precious". Paul Weller has said that
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