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Brief Encounter

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 10 months

Classic love story. 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. Show less

Contributors

Director:
David Lean
Dr Alec Harvey:
Trevor Howard
Laura Jesson:
Celia Johnson
Albert Godby:
Stanley Holloway
Myrtle Bagot:
Joyce Carey
Producer:
Ronald Neame

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