A Matter of Life and Death

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1946 PG-13 1h 44m

7.8 /10

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A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Genre

Romance Fantasy Drama Comedy

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.

Director

Emeric Pressburger

Writers

Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell

Stars

David Niven Kim Hunter Roger Livesey

Cast & Crew

David Niven

Kim Hunter

Roger Livesey

Marius Goring

Robert Coote

Kathleen Byron

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

An English Pilot

Bonar Colleano

An American Pilot

Joan Maude

Robert Atkins

Edwin Max

Abraham Sofaer

Raymond Massey

Robert Arden

GI Playing Snout (uncredited)

Robert Beatty

US Crewman (uncredited)

Goatherd (uncredited)

Tommy Duggan

Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)

Leslie Dwyer

ARP Warden (uncredited)

John Longden

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Lois Maxwell

Actress (uncredited)

Wally Patch

Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Laurence Payne

Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)

Man in Stairway (uncredited)

James Monahan (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

British Serviceman (uncredited)

Nurse (uncredited)

Frederick Valk

RAF Chaplain (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

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7 Jul 2022

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