A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

Documentary about the making of David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter".

Cast

David Bond

as Narrator (voice)

Margaret Barton

as Self

Lucy Fleming

as Self

Anthony Havelock-Allan

as Self

Sheridan Morley

as Self

Ronald Neame

as Self

John Sessions

as Self

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