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. A Town Like Alice is a "bonza" book (as one of its main characters, Joe Hardman of Australia, would say) about two love stories, two adventures and two remarkable characters inspired by a real-life man and woman who displayed remarkable bravery during WWII. "A Town Like Alice" has been ranked 93 times, wins 54.68% of the time on Flickchart, and is currently ranked #36323 of the best movies of all-time. (We have a Search Team ready to find whatever you want.) The film does not follow the whole novel, concluding at the end of Part Two and truncating or omitting much detail. Release year: 2018. A Town Like Alice DVD (Region 1) Complete 1981 Mini-Series. 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 1950 novel by Nevil Shute. Buy A Town Like Alice Peter Finch, Virginia McKenna, Maureen Swanson, Maria Lohr, Vincent Ball, Drama, DVD Online Now at the Australian based Sanity Movie Store. Wild Wild Country: Season 1 (Podcast) Episodes Wild Wild Country. Original title: A Town Like Alice. When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute's novel of the Japanese occupation of Malaya during World War II, was first filmed as a theatrical feature in 1956. Four stories in one. Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981. Suite 176 Woodland Hills CA 91364. or. Part 1 64m. 3-Disc Set. Digitally Mastered. A Town Like Alice. 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. A hungry audience. A Town Called Alice: The War Years (1980) Just before the fall of Singapore, a young Englishwoman encounters a man with whom she has an ill-fated love affair. Watch A Town like Alice: A Town Like Alice from Season 1 at TVGuide.com This version stared Peter Finch as Joe Harmon as an Australian POW and Virginia McKenn as Jean Paget, an English woman being marched around the coutnry side of the Malay penninsula by her Japanese captors. This version of A Town Like Alice the second adapted screen offering of the 1950 novel by the English author Nevil Shute. We would love to serve you better. If you have any special requests please let us know! COMMENTARY. In 1981, A Town Like Alice was adapted into a popular television miniseries, starring Helen Morse and Bryan Brown(with the late Gordon Jackson as Noel Strachan). This original 1956 adaptation of the Nevil Shute book, "A Town Like Alice," is a great teaser.