Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

86 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 24, 1945

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.

Brief Encounter

86 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 24, 1945

Brief Encounter
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title Brief Encounter
Directors David Lean, George Pollock
Writers Noël Coward

Cast

Celia Johnson

as Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard

as Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway

as Albert Godby

Joyce Carey

as Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond

as Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg

as Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars

as Mary Norton

Margaret Barton

as Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage

as Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass

as Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

as Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley

as Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

Noël Coward

as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)

Nuna Davey

as Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

as Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)

Irene Handl

as The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

Dennis Harkin

as Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)

Edward Hodge

as Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey

as Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Jack May

as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

Avis Scott

as Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)