
Brief Encounter
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.
Release Date: 1945-11-24
Drama
Romance
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Casts

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

Alfie Bass
as Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco
as Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)