Brief Encounter
1945 · directed by David Lean
- Rating
- 84/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Brief Encounter (1945), directed by David Lean, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Celia Johnson
- Trevor Howard
- Stanley Holloway
- Joyce Carey
- Cyril Raymond
- Everley Gregg
- Marjorie Mars
- Margaret Barton
- Wilfred Babbage
- Alfie Bass
Crew
- Robert Krasker — Director of Photography
- Jack Harris — Editor
- Noël Coward — Screenplay
More from David Lean
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — 99/100 · hit
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — 97/100 · hit
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — 86/100 · hit
- Oliver Twist (1948) — 83/100 · hit
- Great Expectations (1946) — 83/100 · hit
- This Happy Breed (1944) — 83/100 · hit
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