Celia Johnson

Brief Encounter -- Dave is a man who did not get where he wanted in life and now works in a nine to five job he hates but it pays a reasonable wage so to coin a phrase 'he grins and bears it'. One day while he is going through his regular routine and making his journey t

In Which We Serve -- Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

Based on Noel Coward's classic film of a chance meeting, this is a story of innocence and unexpected love. Anna and Dr. Alec Harvey meet by chance and their casual friendship turns into a tormenting relationship. Realising the danger to her marriage, Anna avoids Alec who is unhappy in his own marriage, and pursues Anna with increasing intensity. Unable to resist his charm, Anna accepts Alec's invitation to a rendezvous in a friend's apartment. When the friend unexpectedly returns, Anna is overwhelmed with shame - her fantasy dream has become a nightmare of deceit.

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.

Based on Noel Coward's classic film of a chance meeting, this is a story of innocence and unexpected love.

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

Based on Noel Coward's titular play, the movie chronicles the ups and downs of the large, British, lower-class Gibbons family (Stanley Holloway, Celia Johnson, John Mills and Kay Walsh) during the transitional period between the two world wars (1919-1939). Although the clan endures such hardships as class strife and labor conflicts, these troubles are balanced by the joy of being part of a loving family. David Lean's first solo directing job.

Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

Based on the true chronicle of a British destroyer, this Academy Award nominated film follows the H.M.S. Torrin from its construction in an English shipyard to its demise off the island of Crete during World War II.

&NFb;&NFb_;This engrossing tale about the sinking of British destroyer HMS &NFi;Torrin&NFi_; during the Battle of Crete is based on the true-life story of the HMS &NFi;Kelly&NFi_;, a destroyer under the command of Lord Louis Mountbatten that sank in the Mediterranean. Three survivors (Noel Coward, Bernard Miles and John Mills) on a raft recount their lives aboard the sunken vessel. The movie marks Coward's first and only time as a film director (David Lean co-directed).

In Which We Serve -- This 'story of a ship,' the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft.