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What we're watching • Drama, Romance, UR

Noel Coward's classic tale of a passionate affair is all the more thrilling for being played out with British reserve of the tightest order. Laura (Johnson) encounters the handsome Dr Alec (Howard) in a train station tearoom after her weekly shopping trip.

Tags
Infidelity, Railway stations
Cast
Celia Johnson Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard Dr Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway Albert Godby
Joyce Carey Myrtle Bagot
Crew
David Lean director

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