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Brief Encounter

5.019761h 43mPGMovieDramaTV Movie

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

DirectorAlan Bridges
WriterJohn Bowen
ProducersDuane Bogie·Carlo Ponti

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Cast · Directed by Alan Bridges

RBRichard Burton
Richard Burton
Alec Harvey
SLSophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Anna Jesson
JHJack Hedley
Jack Hedley
Graham Jesson
RLRosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach
Mrs. Gaines
JMJohn Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier
Stephen
GC
Gwen Cherrell
Dolly Messiter
JD
Jumoke Debayo
Mrs. Harris
MHMadeleine Hinde
Madeleine Hinde
Grace
AFAnn Firbank
Ann Firbank
Melanie Harvey
CBChristopher Benjamin
Christopher Benjamin
Porter
DCDavid Cook
David Cook
Schoolmaster
PFPatricia Franklin
Patricia Franklin
Beryl Walters

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