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.
Details
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Noël Coward
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Alfie Bass
Celia Johnson
Cyril Raymond
Everley Gregg
Joyce Carey
Margaret Barton
Marjorie Mars
Stanley Holloway
Trevor Howard
Wilfred Babbage
Keywords
broken heart
criterion
doctor
duty
farewell
guilty conscience
hopelessness
housewife
husband wife relationship
impossible love
infidelity
love affair
marriage
narration
secretiveness
shame
tearjerker
told in flashback
No comments yet. Log in to add a comment.