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Brief Encounter ()

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Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
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Laura Jesson
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Dr. Alec Harvey
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Albert Godby
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Myrtle Bagot
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Fred Jesson
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Dolly Messiter
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Mary Norton
Margaret Barton ...
Beryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant
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Wilfred Babbage ...
Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
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Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco ...
Doctor at Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
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Johnnie - Second Soldier (uncredited)
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Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
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Herminie Rolandson - Mary's Cousin (uncredited)
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Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend' (uncredited)
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Cellist and Organist (uncredited)
Dennis Harkin ...
Stanley - Beryl's Man (uncredited)
Edward Hodge ...
Bill - First Soldier (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey ...
Man in Cinema (uncredited)
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Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
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Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)
George V. Sheldon ...
Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)
Richard Thomas ...
Bobbie Jesson (uncredited)
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Margaret Jesson (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Lean

Written by

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Noël Coward ... (play "Still Life") (uncredited)
 
Noël Coward ... (screenplay)
 
Anthony Havelock-Allan ... () (uncredited)
 
David Lean ... () (uncredited)
 
Ronald Neame ... () (uncredited)

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Noël Coward ... producer (as Noel Coward)
Anthony Havelock-Allan ... producer (uncredited)
Ronald Neame ... producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Robert Krasker ... director of photography

Editing by

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Jack Harris

Editorial Department

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Margery Saunders ... associate editor
John Cooke ... second assistant editor (uncredited)
Winston Ryder ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Lawrence P. Williams ... (as L.P. Williams)

Production Management

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Anthony Havelock-Allan ... in charge of production
E.J. Holding ... production manager (as E. Holding)
Ronald Neame ... in charge of production

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George Pollock ... assistant director
Chick Simpson ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Victor Wark ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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G.E. Calthrop ... art supervisor: Noel Coward
George Demaine ... scenic artist (uncredited)
R. Field-Smith ... draughtsman (uncredited)
William Kellner ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Elven Webb ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Herbert Westbrook ... draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Desmond Dew ... sound recordist
Stanley Lambourne ... sound recordist
Harry Miller ... sound editor
Eric Clennell ... boom operator (uncredited)
Peter Davies ... dubbing sound camera (uncredited)
Harry Raynham ... sound camera operator (uncredited)

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George Blackwell ... special effects (uncredited)

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Charles Staffell ... back projection (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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B. Francke ... camera operator
Jim Body ... focus puller (uncredited)
Alan Bryce ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Arthur Ibbetson ... focus puller (uncredited)
Ronald Neame ... director of photography: additional photography (uncredited)
E. Owen ... clapper loader (uncredited)

Location Management

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T. Tomson ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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John Hollingsworth ... associate musical director (uncredited)
Percival Mackey ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Muir Mathieson ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Maggie Unsworth ... continuity (as Margaret Sibley)
Renée Glynne ... assistant continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Renée Glynne ... production secretary (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

At a café on a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) meets Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard). Although they are both already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday in the small café, although they know that their love is impossible. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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Taglines A chance meeting between two happily married strangers. Two people who met by accident, and fell in love. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (United Kingdom)
  • Brève rencontre (France)
  • Begegnung (Germany)
  • Breve encuentro (Spain)
  • Breu encontre (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 86 min
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Budget GBP170,000 (estimated)

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Trivia This movie was shot during the final days of World War II, going into production in January 1945. Filming was completed in May, with an interruption on May 8 to celebrate Germany's surrender. See more »
Goofs Carnforth Station has had its name board covered and replaced with a big sign reading Milford Junction, but the smaller platform notices (behind Laura when Alec tells her about the job in South Africa) still show the next train's destinations as Hellifield, Skipton, Bradford and Leeds. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in A Touch of Class (1973). See more »
Soundtracks Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2. See more »
Quotes Laura Jesson: It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading.
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