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A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice
★ 7.9/10•1981•2h 0m•NR•Drama•War & Politics
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Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.

David Stevens · Director

Tom Hegarty · Screenplay

Rosemary Anne Sisson · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime2h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 12, 1981

Episodes

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Episode 1

Jean Paget is to inherit her uncle McFadden's estate, and while explaining about life in Malaya during WWII, she tells solicitor Noel Strachan about how she and a group of women and children captured by the Japanese had to walk to a camp.

Jul 12, 1981

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Episode 2

Jul 19, 1981

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Episode 3

Jul 26, 1981

Actors

Helen Morse

Helen Morse

Jean Paget

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Joe Harman

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Noel Strachan

John Lee

Lester 'Les' Robinson

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