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Brief Encounter   1945         N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: David Lean   Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Irene Handl, Valentine Dyall, Sydney Bromley, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Alfie Bass, Wallace Bosco, Dennis Harkin, Richard Thomas   In pre-World War II England, British housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and a married doctor, Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), meet in a train station and form a friendship during which they meet weekly at the station. They realize that they have fallen in love, but both Laura and Alec know that neither will be able to break their ties to the families they love. The story is sympathetic to their chaste affair. Cast Celia Johnson Laura Jesson Trevor Howard Dr. Alec Harvey Stanley Holloway Albert Godby Joyce Carey Myrtle Bagot Cyril Raymond Fred Jesson Everley Gregg Dolly Messiter Irene Handl Cellist and Organist Valentine Dyall Stephen Lynn Sydney Bromley Johnnie Marjorie Mars Mary Norton Margaret Barton Beryl Walters Alfie Bass Waiter at the Royal Wallace Bosco Doctor Dennis Harkin Stanley Richard Thomas Bobbie Jesson