Brief Encounter

1976 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.2 · 298 VOTES · DIR. Alan Bridges

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Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 1,647 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:32 - Thank you.
00:03:06 - You're really very kind.
00:11:02 and he took it out.
00:15:02 We can think of what to do with your husband
00:18:34 You can't be more English than that.
00:21:41 - I thought she'd be better off without him.
00:25:27 - Yes, she is in actually.
00:29:07 John baptist, my own good friend,
00:32:28 Children say “bunking off“ nowadays.
00:35:41 It's a slow process of fibrosis in the lungs
00:40:30 - Do you want it?
00:44:50 That's quite a battle.
00:48:32 She may be in at the end of the week.
00:55:14 - Oh, that's all right.
00:59:11 and I thought, “it's bound to do good.“
01:04:02 - Well, I sobered up a bit by then and...
01:07:39 It's a bit one-sided.
01:11:29 - Must you?
01:18:01 - Well, it's what they call a battery apartment.
01:23:15 - It's Stephen.
01:28:04 - Yes, indeed, madame.
01:31:41 I won't be able to come into the hospital,
01:36:31 It's all tension with me.
01:42:00 Graham.

Cast & Characters

Richard Burton Alec Harvey Sophia Loren Anna Jesson Jack Hedley Graham Jesson Rosemary Leach Mrs. Gaines John Le Mesurier Stephen
Gwen Cherrell Dolly Messiter
Jumoke Debayo Mrs. Harris
Madeleine Hinde Grace Ann Firbank Melanie Harvey Christopher Benjamin Porter
David Cook Schoolmaster
Patricia Franklin Beryl Walters
Jacki Harding Ilse
Benjamin Edney Alistair Jesson
Marco Orlandini Dominic Jesson
Ellis Dale Man Waiting at Citizens Advice Bureau (uncredited)
Brian Haughton Young Man (uncredited)
Ernest C. Jennings (uncredited)
Tony Mendleson Audience Member at Mystery Play (uncredited)
Norman Mitchell (uncredited) Mildred Shay (uncredited)
Maggie Walker (uncredited)
Brook Williams Man Taking Photographs (uncredited)
Fred Wood Customer at Station Cafe (uncredited)
Tina Simmons Visitor (uncredited)
Malcolm Reed Young Husband on Train (uncredited)
Christopher Hammond (uncredited)
Jack Harding (Uncredited)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,647
Dialogue density16.0 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line01:42:00

Production Record

DirectorAlan Bridges
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes298

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