Brief Encounter

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗
• YouTube TV↗
• Criterion Channel↗
• FlixFling↗
• TCM↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Celia Johnson
  as Laura Jesson
• 
  Trevor Howard
  as Dr. Alec Harvey
• 
  Stanley Holloway
  as Albert Godby
• 
  Joyce Carey
  as Myrtle Bagot
• 
  Cyril Raymond
  as Fred Jesson
• 
  Everley Gregg
  as Dolly Messiter

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