Brief Encounter

7.7

86 minutes

11/24/1945

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.

Cast List

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)
George V. Sheldon
as Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)