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Brief Encounter

1976Movie1 h 43 min

52

MediocreGoodWatch score

52

MediocreGoodWatch score

Summary

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 55GoodWatch 53
IMDb5.5
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for dramas, −6 min on the typical 109
typical 109103
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
1976
January 4, 1976
50 years ago
Genres
DramaTV Movie
Language
English
Original language
Made in
Italy
United Kingdom
24 of 28
Directing · 2
Alan Bridges Director
Dominic Fulford Assistant Director
Writing · 2
John Bowen Writer
Noël Coward Theatre Play
Production · 6
Duane Bogie Executive Producer
Carlo Ponti Producer
Cecil Clarke Producer
Denis Holt Associate Producer
John Owen Casting Director
Donald Toms Production Manager
Camera · 1
Arthur Ibbetson Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Peter Weatherley Editor
Sound · 1
Cyril Ornadel Original Music Composer
Art · 2
Bruno Cesari Set Decoration
Peter Roden Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
Beatrice Dawson Costume Design
Barbara Ritchie Hair Designer
Eric Allwright Makeup Artist

Tropes

Home-Early Surprisein 146 titlesAlec's friend returns home early because he felt a cold coming. It foils Alec and Laura's plan of a romantic evening in front of the fireplace.All 32 tropes

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