OVERVIEW
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
RUNTIME
86
GENRE
Drama, Romance
PRODUCTION COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DIRECTOR
David Lean
CAST
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 (Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters), Wilfred Babbage (Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)), Alfie Bass (Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)), Wallace Bosco (Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)), Sydney Bromley (Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)), Noël Coward (Train Station Announcer (uncredited)), Valentine Dyall (Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)), Irene Handl (The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)), Dennis Harkin (Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)), Avis Scott (Kardomah Waitress (uncredited))
CREW
Ronald Neame (Producer), Anthony Havelock-Allan (Producer), Robert Krasker (Director of Photography), Jack Harris (Editor), Lawrence P. Williams (Art Direction), Noël Coward (Writer), Noël Coward (Producer), Harry Miller (Sound Editor), Anthony Havelock-Allan (Screenplay), David Lean (Screenplay), Ronald Neame (Screenplay), George Pollock (Assistant Director), Charles Staffell (Visual Effects), Winston Ryder (Assistant Editor), Desmond Dew (Sound Recordist), Stanley Lambourne (Sound Recordist), Margery Saunders (Associate Editor)
CREDITS
Cineguild