Brief Encounter

Overview

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

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  Celia Johnson

  Laura Jesson

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  Trevor Howard

  Dr. Alec Harvey

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  Stanley Holloway

  Albert Godby

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  Joyce Carey

  Myrtle Bagot

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  Cyril Raymond

  Fred Jesson

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  Everley Gregg

  Dolly Messiter

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  Marjorie Mars

  Mary Norton

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  Margaret Barton

  Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

• Wilfred Babbage

  Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

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  Alfie Bass

  Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

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  Wallace Bosco

  Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

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  Sydney Bromley

  Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

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