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A Town Like Alice (1956)
Solid Rank Film Organization 50s war film from the women's point of view.
24 September 2008 - 17 out of 19 users found this review helpful.
Not really a spoiler, but I was originally disappointed when I realized this movie was concentrating on just the death march portion of the book. Very warm and heartfelt, but kind of misses the point of the title, which is really about what happens after the movie version ends. The mini series gave a better overall translation. An alternate title for the book was The Legacy, and that might have suited this version better. Still good though. By the way, Jean was not a nurse, she was a secretary, and Joe was not from Alice Springs -- it just represented a sort of ideal to him. He was from Willstown, and hoped it would one day develop into a town like Alice.
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