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Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch give towering performances in this moving story about a party of women compelled to trek through the Malayan jungle during World War II, because no Japanese officer will take responsibility for their care and feeding. Based on Nevil Shute’s best-selling novel, the film tells how the women come to terms with their hardships, and how they are befriended by a tough Australian prisoner of war who dreams of returning to his home town of Alice Springs.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
324868
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Prisoners of war - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women in war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Asia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)