A Town Like Alice (1981 film)

A Town Like Alice
Based on	novel by Nevil Shute
Written by	Tom Hegarty Rosemary Ann Sisson
Directed by	David Stevens
Starring	Helen Morse Bryan Brown Gordon Jackson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	3 x 2 hours
Production
Producer(s)	Henry Crawford
Running time	301 mins
Budget	$1.25 million
Release
Original network	Network Seven
Original release	12 July 1981

A Town Like Alice is a five-hour 1981 Australian television adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel of the same name. Produced by the Seven Network, and directed by David Stevens, it was the second major adaptation of the book.

In America it was shown on PBS under the Masterpiece Theatre banner, a rare non-British production to be so aired.

It stars Helen Morse in the lead role of Jean Paget, with Bryan Brown as Joe Harman and Scottish actor Gordon Jackson as the aging lawyer and trustee Noel Strachan.

The series won an International Emmy Award for drama in 1981 and went on to win a Logie Award in the Best Single Drama or Mini Series category at the 1982 awards with Morse, Brown and Jackson winning Logies for their performances.

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