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BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
A chance meeting in a suburban railway station brings together Laura Jesson, a happily married woman, and Dr Alec Harvey who is also married. They fall in love but their secret happiness is marred by the furtive way they must carry on the affair and the realisation that eventually a choice must be made.
Adapted from the play Still Life by Noel Coward
Producer Noel Coward Director David Lean
0 FILMS: pages 15-21
0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Celia Johnson
Unknown:
Trevor Howard
Unknown:
Laura Jesson
Unknown:
Dr Alec Harvey
Laura Jesson:
Celia Johnson
Alec Harvey:
Trevor Howard
Albert:
Stanley Holloway
Myrtle Bagot:
Joyce Carey
Fred Jesson:
Cyril Raymond
Source: Radio Times

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