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Brief Encounter

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

1945 · NR · 1h 26m

Directed by David Lean

7.7

TMDB audience score
745 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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
    Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

  • Alfie Bass
    Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

  • Wallace Bosco
    Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

  • Sydney Bromley
    Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

  • Noël Coward
    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)