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Brief Encounter

"A story of the most precious moments in a woman's life!"

1945-11-24 Drama 1hr 26m

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

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Released

1945-11-24
Revenue

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Budget

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Runtime

1hr 26m
Genre

Drama, Romance
Status

Released
Language

English
8
Production

Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Crew

David Lean

Director

Noël Coward

Screenplay

Anthony Havelock-Allan

Producer

Keywords:

infidelity farewell husband wife relationship narration marriage housewife duty doctor love affair tearjerker told in flashback impossible love shame guilty conscience broken heart hopelessness scheduled rendezvous secretiveness

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Cast

Celia Johnson

Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard

Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway

Albert Godby

Joyce Carey

Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond

Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg

Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars

Mary Norton

Margaret Barton

Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage

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Alfie Bass

Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley

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Train Station Announcer (uncredited)

Nuna Davey

Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)

Irene Handl

The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

Dennis Harkin

Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)

Edward Hodge

Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey

Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Jack May

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-03-28

Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway sta... read more

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway station café and 90 minutes later we have been on a roller-coaster of emotions, all delicately and subt...