A Town Like Alice

Name: A Town Like Alice
Director: Jack Lee
Released: 1956
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe, Jean Anderson

1956 · 117 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,006 VOTES · DIR. Jack Lee

Overview

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.

Dialogue Timeline — 963 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:58 Miss Paget, do you want to go back to Malaya? After what happened there?

00:06:22 You too, Jean. Just drop everything and get out.

00:09:08 You can't. There's no transport running.

00:14:56 Come on, Arthur. Don't let everyone push you around.

00:19:52 and you get a receipt.

00:25:58 The truck.

00:29:55 We go!

00:33:22 Then ship take you Singapore.

00:39:23 Give us the adjuster, will you, Ben?

00:41:23 I didn't think the first time I talked to an English lady she'd look like you.

00:47:41 Alice?

00:52:37 We're all tired

00:59:56 What's going to become of us?

01:02:19 That's what you want, isn't it?

01:06:02 We're up and down that road every week! I'll find you!

01:14:19 Who's Mrs Boong?

01:16:54 * If I had the flight of a bronze wing...

01:22:55 I've got the wishbone!

01:26:30 Joe!

01:34:04 Robin!

01:39:30 To work in the rice field as your women do.

01:42:37 Captain Sugaya. Many bad things done.

01:45:30 I didn't know Joe was married.

01:49:55 Oh, Joe.

Cast & Characters

Virginia McKenna Jean Paget Peter Finch Joe Harman Kenji Takaki Japanese Sergeant Tran Van Khe Captain Sugaya Jean Anderson Miss Horsefall Marie Lohr Mrs. Dudley Frost Maureen Swanson Ellen Renee Houston Ebbey Nora Nicholson Mrs. Frith Eileen Moore Mrs. Holland

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed963

Dialogue density8.2 lines / min

First line00:01:58

Final line01:49:55

Production Record

DirectorJack Lee

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,006