Brief Encounter
Overview
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.
Where to Watch
Keywords
Trailer
Cast
Celia Johnson
Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard
Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway
Albert Godby
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond
Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg
Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars
Mary Norton
Margaret Barton
Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
Wilfred Babbage
Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
Alfie Bass
Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
Images
Reviews(2)
CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967March 28, 2022
Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway station café and 90 minutes later we have been on a roller-coaster of emotions, all delicately and subtly discussed, as these two eminently middle class English pe…
badelf
February 12, 2026
Brief Encounter (1945) Directed by David Lean David Lean's Brief Encounter tells the story of two married people (Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard) who meet by chance at a railway station and fall into a brief, impossible love affair. The acting is incredible, both leads conveying volumes throu…
Download Subtitles
Looking for subtitles in another language? Browse all subtitles in 50+ languages →
Recommended Movies
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
19 Aug 1946
Love in the Time of Cholera
04 Oct 2007
Unfaithful
10 May 2002
In the Land of Women
20 Apr 2007
Revolutionary Road
19 Dec 2008
Heartburn
25 Jul 1986
Autumn in New York
11 Aug 2000
Addicted
10 Oct 2014
Strangers When We Meet
29 Jun 1960
Manhattan
25 Apr 1979
To the Wonder
22 Feb 2013
American Beauty
15 Sept 1999
Hello I Must Be Going
07 Sept 2012
Deep Water
17 Mar 2022
Why Did I Get Married?
12 Oct 2007
Last Night
05 Nov 2010
Stranger Than Fiction
10 Nov 2006
Crime of Passion
28 Dec 1956
Maestro
22 Nov 2023
Hallam Foe
30 Aug 2007