Brief Encounter

Release Date:

Nov 26, 1945

Running Time:

1:26

Genre:

Romance

Director:

David Lean

Cast:

Celia Johnson	Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard	Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway	Albert Godby
Cyril Raymond	Fred Jesson
Joyce Carey	Myrtle Bagot
Everley Gregg	Dolly Messiter
Margaret Barton	Beryl Walters, Tea Room Assistant
Dennis Harkin	Stanley, Beryl's Man (uncredited)
Valentine Dyall	Stephen Lynn, Alec's 'Friend'
Marjorie Mars	Mary Norton
Nuna Davey	Herminie Rolandson, Mary's Cousin (uncredited)
Wilfrid Babbage	Policeman at War Memorial
Irene Handl	Cellist and Organist
Edward Hodge	Bill, First Soldier (uncredited)
Sydney Bromley	Johnnie, Second Soldier (uncredited)
Avis Scott	Cardova Waitress (uncredited)
Henrietta Vincent	Margaret Jesson (uncredited)
Richard Thomas	Bobbie Jesson (uncredited)
George V. Sheldon	Clergyman, Train Passenger (uncredited)
Wally Bosco	Doctor at Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
Jack May	Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

Producers:

Noel Coward

Writers:

Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame

Language:

English

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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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