Peter Finch would have to be my favourite film actor and my sole reason for watching most of his work. Therefore, while understanding all the favourable reviews of
''A Town Like Alice", Finch does not show up until well into the film and then only in snatches, as the poor female prisoners take precedence. We have two intimate
scenes as he shares a cigarette and longing eye contact with the heroine and that's about it until the harrowing punishment scene when censorship demanded
that the camera film away from Joe and focus on the shocked reaction of the male and female prisoners. Fast forward to the abrupt ending (no spoilers from me).
Review of A Town Like Alice
