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# Brief Encounter (1945): cast and crew

23 cast and 18 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Celia Johnson](https://film.one/person/celia-johnson.md) as Laura Jesson
- [Trevor Howard](https://film.one/person/trevor-howard.md) as Dr. Alec Harvey
- [Stanley Holloway](https://film.one/person/stanley-holloway.md) as Albert Godby
- [Joyce Carey](https://film.one/person/joyce-carey.md) as Myrtle Bagot
- [Cyril Raymond](https://film.one/person/cyril-raymond.md) as Fred Jesson
- [Everley Gregg](https://film.one/person/everley-gregg.md) as Dolly Messiter
- [Marjorie Mars](https://film.one/person/marjorie-mars.md) as Mary Norton
- [Margaret Barton](https://film.one/person/margaret-barton.md) as Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
- [Wilfred Babbage](https://film.one/person/wilfred-babbage.md) as Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
- [Alfie Bass](https://film.one/person/alfie-bass.md) as Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
- [Wallace Bosco](https://film.one/person/wallace-bosco.md) as Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
- [Sydney Bromley](https://film.one/person/sydney-bromley.md) as Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)
- [Noël Coward](https://film.one/person/noel-coward.md) as Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
- Nuna Davey as Herminie Rolandson (uncredited)
- Valentine Dyall as Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)
- Irene Handl as The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)
- Dennis Harkin as Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)
- Edward Hodge as Bill (First Soldier) (uncredited)
- Frederick Kelsey as Man in Cinema (uncredited)
- Jack May as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
- Avis Scott as Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)
- George V. Sheldon as Clergyman - Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Henrietta Vintcent as Margaret Jesson (uncredited)

## Directing

- [David Lean](https://film.one/person/david-lean.md): Director
- George Pollock: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Noël Coward](https://film.one/person/noel-coward.md): Theatre Play, Screenplay

## Production

- [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://film.one/person/anthony-havelock-allan.md): Producer
- [Noël Coward](https://film.one/person/noel-coward.md): Producer
- [Ronald Neame](https://film.one/person/ronald-neame.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Robert Krasker](https://film.one/person/robert-krasker.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Jack Harris](https://film.one/person/jack-harris.md): Editor
- Winston Ryder: Assistant Editor
- Margery Saunders: Associate Editor

## Sound and music

- Harry Miller: Sound Editor
- Stanley Lambourne: Sound Recordist
- Desmond Dew: Sound Recordist

## Art

- Lawrence P. Williams: Art Direction

## Visual effects

- Charles Staffell: Visual Effects

## Crew

- [Ronald Neame](https://film.one/person/ronald-neame.md): Additional Writing
- [David Lean](https://film.one/person/david-lean.md): Additional Writing
- [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://film.one/person/anthony-havelock-allan.md): Additional Writing

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