Brief Encounter (1974 film) Brief Encounter (1974 film) Brief Encounter is a 1974 British-Italian television film starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, adapted from the play "Still Life" by Noël Coward. The plot of the film is about two strangers, both married to others, who meet in a railway station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. The material was previously the basis for the David Lean film "Brief Encounter" (1945). Burton was cast at the last moment, after Robert Shaw dropped out. The film had its premiere on U.S. television on 12 November 1974 as part of the "Hallmark Hall of
David Benson 2006 his appearance at the Fringe also included the 10th anniversary production of "Think No Evil Of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams". Additionally in 2006, during a busy year he appeared in a play at the Theatre Royal Winchester directed by James Barry, starring in the comedy "Same Time, Next Year", in which he took the Alan Alda role from the film. In August 2008 he again premiered a one-man show at the Fringe, turning his attention to Noël Coward once more, with "David Benson Sings Noel Coward". This show originated as a cameo impression of Coward in Benson's