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After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), this film, directed by David Lean and based on Noël Coward’s play Still Life deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.
Original Release
11/24/1945
US Release
08/24/1946
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Marjorie Mars | Mary Norton |
Margaret Barton | Beryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant / Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters |
Wilfred Babbage | Policeman at War Memorial |
Alfie Bass | Waiter at the Royal |
Directors
Writers
David Lean, Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Marjorie Mars | Mary Norton |
Margaret Barton | Beryl Walters - Tea Room Assistant / Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters |
Wilfred Babbage | Policeman at War Memorial |
Alfie Bass | Waiter at the Royal |
Wallace Bosco | Doctor at Bobbie's Accident |
Sydney Bromley | Johnnie - Second Soldier |
Noël Coward | Train Station Announcer |
Nuna Davey | Herminie Rolandson - Mary's Cousin |
Valentine Dyall | Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend' |
Irene Handl | Cellist and Organist |
Dennis Harkin | Stanley - Beryl's Man |
Edward Hodge | Bill - First Soldier |
Frederick Kelsey | Man in Cinema |
Jack May | Boat Rental Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Noël Coward | Producer |
Anthony Havelock-Allan | Producer |
Ronald Neame | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1947 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1947 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1947 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |