" And a number of incongruous dialogue sequences and extraneous minor characters appear without any real reason except to provide a fascinating journey along the way." Butch is both impressed and flabbergasted by Harvey""s idea: "Harvey thought of that?!" BackgroundBrief Encounter(1946) is director David Lean""s brilliantly-crafted, classic British masterpiece.] It is probably not just coincidence that Maureen O""Hara""s character name is Mary (Ford""s wife""s name) Kate (the name of his unrealized love - Katharine Hepburn).With the corridor secured, the dark menacing shape of black-garbed, helmeted and faceless Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones) entered the battle scene.