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MOVIE

Brief Encounter

1945

86 minutes (1 hrs 26 mins)

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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

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

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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

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£46.3 Thousand

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News from around the web

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“Riskiest Thing I Ever Did”: Notes on Brief Encounter The Criterion Collection Tue, 27th March 2012