Brief Encounter (1974)
November 12, 1974Release Date
Brief Encounter (1974)
November 12, 1974Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Burton
Alec Harvey
Sophia Loren
Anna Jesson
Jack Hedley
Graham Jesson
Rosemary Leach
Mrs. Gaines
John Le Mesurier
Stephen
Benjamin Edney
Alistair Jesson
Gwen Cherrell
Dolly Messiter
Jumoke Debayo
Mrs. Harris
Madeleine Hinde
Grace
Ann Firbank
Melanie Harvey
Christopher Benjamin
Porter
Marco Orlandini
Dominic Jesson
Alan Bridges
Director
Patricia Franklin
Beryl
John Bowen
Writer
Noël Coward
Writer
David Cook
Schoolmaster
Jacki Harding
Ilse
Cecil Clarke
Producer
Ernest C. Jennings
(Uncredited)
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Norman Mitchell
(Uncredited)
Cyril Ornadel
Composer
Arthur Ibbetson
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 12, 1974
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Brief Encounter is a 1974 British-Italian television film starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, adapted from the play Still Life by Noël Coward. The plot of the film is about two strangers, each married to another, who meet in a railway station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. The material was previously the basis for the David Lean film Brief Encounter (1945). Burton was cast at the last moment, after Robert Shaw dropped out.The film had its premiere on U.S. television on 12 November 1974 as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC.The two lead roles were cast with "wild disregard for suitability," according to Brian McFarlane, who has described the film as "a total disaster." Originally intended to have a television screening in the United States followed by a cinema release in the rest of the world, its poor reception in New York led to the international plans being abandoned. Rank, who owned the theatrical rights in the UK, sold them to television. According to David Shipman, reviewing Burton's career in The Great Movie Stars, this remake was "widely viewed as a ludicrous undertaking."A novelization of the film, written by Alec Waugh, was published in 1975.