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A Town Like Alice
4:35 pm - 6:50 pm Today
A Town Like Alice
Second World War PoW Jean Paget is sent on a gruelling forced march between Japanese labour camps, but finds comfort in her friendship with Australian captive Joe Harman. During the journey Joe is caught stealing, tied to a cross and left to die. After the conflict is over, Jean is startled to receive a letter postmarked in Joe's home town of Alice Springs. Jack Lee's drama, based on the novel by Nevil Shute, starring Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Takagi and Jean Anderson
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- Virginia McKenna — Actor as Jean Paget
- Peter Finch — Actor as Joe Harman
- Takagi — Actor as Japanese sergeant
- Jean Anderson — Actor as Miss Horsefall
- Tran Van Khe — Actor as Capt Sugaya
- Marie Lohr — Actor as Mrs Dudley Frost
- Maureen Swanson — Actor as Ellen
- Renee Houston — Actor as Ebbey
- Jack Lee — Director
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