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Brief Encounter

 1945
 86 minutes (1 hrs 26 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

David Lean

Starring

Celia Johnson · Trevor Howard · Stanley Holloway · Joyce Carey · Cyril Raymond · Everley Gregg

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 24th August 1946
Canada release date Canada release: 24th August 1946
Germany release date Germany release: 30th August 1946

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 27th May '22
  • Debut position: 38
  • Highest position: 30
  • Debut gross: £1.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

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Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £46.3 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $0
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Total views:
103
First viewed:
13th May 2026
Last viewed:
7th Jul 2026
News from around the web
Brief Encounter  Encyclopedia Britannica Fri, 26th June 2026

Brief Encounter clock returns to Carnforth station after six years  Beyond Radio Tue, 24th March 2026

Loss of Innocence: Cinema in the 1940s – Late to the Movies  Global Comment Fri, 13th February 2026

Postcolonial Melancholia in David Lean’s Brief Encounter  Bright Lights Film Journal Thu, 29th January 2026

Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance  The Guardian Wed, 5th November 2025

Brief Encounter: David Lean classic still loved after 80 years  BBC Sat, 29th November 2025