Brief Encounter

About 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 l…

Brief Encounter (1945) is a romance film directed by David Lean. Released in November 1945, it runs 86 minutes.

Celia Johnson stars as Laura Jesson, Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey, Stanley Holloway as Albert Godby, and Joyce Carey as Myrtle Bagot. Written by Noël Coward. It was produced by J. Arthur Rank Organisation.

Shelv files it under love affair, narration, housewife, and told in flashback. American members can watch it on FlixFling, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Mildred Pierce, Westfront 1918, and Revolutionary Road make useful companions to Brief Encounter, all filed under black and white, husband wife relationship, and infidelity. It scores 7.7 out of 10 from 745 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.