Brief Encounter (1974) Movie Review
Brief Encounter (1974) Review
"Brief Encounter (1974)" Overview
Rating: NR
1974
Cast and Crew
Director : Alan BridgesProducer : Cecil Clarke,Carlo Ponti
Screenwiter : John Bowen,John Bowne
Starring : Richard Burton,Sophia Loren,Gwen Cherrell,Jumoke Debayo,Benjamin Edney,Anne Firbank,Patricia Franklin,Christopher Hammond,Jack Harding,Jacki Harding,Jack Hedley,Madeleine Hinde,Ernest C. Jennings,John Le Mesurier,Rosemary Leach,Norman Mitchell,Marco Orlandini,Maggie Walker
About half an hour into Brief Encounter, I began to wonder why it was acclaimed
as a great film. Then I did a little research and discovered I was watching
the wrong Brief Encounter. The 1946 version, directed by David Lean, that's
the good one. This one, despite a promising cast of Richard Burton and Sophia
Loren is made-for-TV crap. Based on Noel Coward's play (aka Still Life), we
find Loren falling for a guy who picks some grit out of her eye at a train
station. Will they shrug off society and hook up?
Who cares?
Reviewer: Christopher Null
