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Brief Encounter

7.719451h 26mNRMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorDavid Lean
WriterNoël Coward
ProducersRonald Neame·Anthony Havelock-Allan

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Cast · Directed by David Lean

CJCelia Johnson
Celia Johnson
Laura Jesson
THTrevor Howard
Trevor Howard
Dr. Alec Harvey
SHStanley Holloway
Stanley Holloway
Albert Godby
JCJoyce Carey
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
CRCyril Raymond
Cyril Raymond
Fred Jesson
EGEverley Gregg
Everley Gregg
Dolly Messiter
MMMarjorie Mars
Marjorie Mars
Mary Norton
MBMargaret Barton
Margaret Barton
Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
WB
Wilfred Babbage
Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
ABAlfie Bass
Alfie Bass
Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
WBWallace Bosco
Wallace Bosco
Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
SBSydney Bromley
Sydney Bromley
Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

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