Directed by:
David LeanCinematography:
Robert KraskerCast:
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Alfie Bass, Margaret Barton, Sydney Bromley, Jack May, Irene Handl, Wallace Bosco, Everley Gregg (more)VOD (3)
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After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), this film, directed by David Lean and based on Noël Coward’s play 'Still Life' deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Celia Johnson
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Stanley Holloway
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hamlet (1948)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Joyce Carey
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Alfie Bass
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Murder by Proxy (1954)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Margaret Barton
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Sydney Bromley
UK
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Macbeth (1971)
Jack May
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Irene Handl
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Stage Fright (1950)
Wallace Bosco
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Richard III (1955)
Repulsion (1965)
Everley Gregg
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Cyril Raymond
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Spitfire (1942)
Avis Scott
UK
Best movies:
Brief Encounter (1945)