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Brief Encounter (1945)

  • Rated Not Rated
  • 1hr 26m
  •  (1)
  • 92

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

David Lean

Writer:

Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame

Release Date:

Aug 24, 1946

Runtime:

1hr 26m

Synopsis

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

Cast

  • Celia Johnson
  • Trevor Howard
  • Stanley Holloway
  • Joyce Carey
  • Cyril Raymond
  • Everley Gregg
  • Marjorie Mars
  • Margaret Barton
  • Wilfred Babbage
  • Alfie Bass

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Metacritic

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Based on 16 Critics
7.5

USER SCORE (12)

Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Reviews
100

The film is thrillingly, unapologetically about decency and honour, about, as Laura heartrendingly puts it, controlling oneself.

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Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
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