A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Plot

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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Cast

David NivenPeter Carter

Kim HunterJune

Roger LiveseyDoctor Reeves

Marius GoringConductor 71

Robert CooteBob Trubshawe

Kathleen ByronAn Angel

Richard AttenboroughAn English Pilot

Abraham SofaerThe Judge

Raymond MasseyAbraham Farlan

Lois MaxwellActress (uncredited)

Writers and directors

Michael PowellDirectorf. 1905

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Jack Cardiff shows off the cinematographers art to beautiful effect in this Powell and Pressberger tale of a WWII pilot (David Niven) who cheats death, falls in love (with Kim Hunter) and then argues …7. Jul 2022

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