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Brief Encounter (1945)

Overview

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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David Lean profile
David Lean

Director

Noël Coward profile
Noël Coward

Screenplay

Cast

Celia Johnson profile
Celia Johnson

Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard profile
Trevor Howard

Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway profile
Stanley Holloway

Albert Godby

Joyce Carey profile
Joyce Carey

Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond profile
Cyril Raymond

Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg profile
Everley Gregg

Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars profile
Marjorie Mars

Mary Norton

Margaret Barton profile
Margaret Barton

Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage profile
Wilfred Babbage

Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass profile
Alfie Bass

Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco profile
Wallace Bosco

Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley profile
Sydney Bromley

Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

Celia Johnson profile
Celia Johnson

Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard profile
Trevor Howard

Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway profile
Stanley Holloway

Albert Godby

Joyce Carey profile
Joyce Carey

Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond profile
Cyril Raymond

Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg profile
Everley Gregg

Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars profile
Marjorie Mars

Mary Norton

Margaret Barton profile
Margaret Barton

Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage profile
Wilfred Babbage

Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass profile
Alfie Bass

Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco profile
Wallace Bosco

Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley profile
Sydney Bromley

Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

November 24, 1945

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Cineguild logoJ. Arthur Rank Organisation logo

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