Movie Cosmos - Brief Encounter

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

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

Marjorie Mars

As Mary Norton

Margaret Barton

As Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage

As Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass

As Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

As Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)

Sydney Bromley

As Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)

Noël Coward

As Train Station Announcer (uncredited)

Nuna Davey

As Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

As Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)

Irene Handl

As The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

Dennis Harkin

As Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)

Edward Hodge

As Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey

As Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Jack May

As Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

Avis Scott

As Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)

George V. Sheldon

As Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)

Top Crew >

David Lean

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

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 people challenge their long established "civilised" values and conventions of behaviour. It's style is it's simplicity - the script is poignant and charming; if a little dated now. Stanley Holloway provides an occasional breath of air during this quite intense drama, and who can ever forget that Rachmaninoff is a huge star of this, too?

2022-03-28