A story of the most precious moments in woman's life!

Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Wildred Babbage, Alfie Bass

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore, when I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no, I don't want that time to come ever." - Laura Jesson's secret thoughts

Why watch this? Some affairs begin in the most innocent of settings.

Plot Summary: A married housewife, Laura Jesson, meets a kind stranger, Dr. Alec Harvey, at a train station after he removes a piece of grit from her eye. Their initial chance encounter develops into a series of clandestine meetings where they fall deeply in love, struggling with the guilt and complications of their forbidden affair. Ultimately, they must confront the fact that their time together must end.

Dad's Preview: Two ships, passing in a dark, smoky night... This classic love tale is so wonderfully British. Two middle-class married people meet, by chance, in a train station coffee shop. There is an attraction, and after a few encounters, they finally must confront the future of this thing they now have going on. Aside from two incredible performances by Johnson (she was nominated for Best Actress) and Howard, what I found most effective was the constant narration by Laura. We get to hear her most intimate thoughts. At first she flirts with the idea of an affair, next she becomes obsessed by it, and finally she plays out the potential damage it will cause to those in her life, namely her husband and son. It all feels completely real, and we wonder which path the plot will take.

  
Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allen, Ronald Neame; Eagle-Lion Dist.