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Brief Encounter (1945)
86 min - Romance | Drama - 24 August 1946 (USA)
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Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Director: David Lean
Writer: (uncredited) See more ?
Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard and Stanley Holloway
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins See more awards ?
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Cast
Complete credited cast:
Celia Johnson
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Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard
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Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway
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Albert Godby
Joyce Carey
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Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond
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Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg
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Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars
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Mary Norton
Margaret Barton
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Beryl Walters, Tea Room Assistant
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On a caf¨¦ at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although she is already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday on the small caf¨¦, although they know that their love is impossible. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se> Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords: Railway Station | Love | Railway | Doctor | Housewife | See more ?
Taglines: A story of the most precious moments in woman's life!
Genres: Romance | Drama
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Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 24 August 1946 (USA) See more ?
Also Known As: Noel Coward's Brief Encounter See more ?
Filming Locations: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more ?
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Production Co: Cineguild See more ?
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Runtime: 86 min
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 See full technical specs ?
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Trivia The screenplay was adapted and based on Noel Coward's 1935 short one-act (half-hour) stage play "Still Life". It was expanded from five short scenes in a train station (the refreshment tea room of Milford Junction Station) to include action in other settings (Laura's house, the apartment of the Dr.Harvey's friend, restaurants, parks, train compartments, shops, a car, a boating lake and at the cinema), See more ?
Goofs Continuity: As Laura enters the apartment, the pattern of water marks on her back changes. See more ?
Quotes Laura Jesson: Do you know, I believe we should all behave quite differently if we lived in a warm, sunny climate all the time. We shouldn't be so withdrawn and shy and difficult.
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Connections Referenced in Flushed Away (2006) See more ?
Soundtracks "March Militaire"
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Music by Franz Schubert
(Performed by James Whitebread on Wurlitzer organ at the Metropole Cinema. Mimed by the organist as the Palladium) See more ?
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