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A Matter of Life and Death

(1946)

December 15, 1946• 1h 44m
78%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Emeric Pressburger

Director

Top Billed Cast

DN

David Niven

Peter Carter

KH

Kim Hunter

June

RL

Roger Livesey

Doctor Reeves

MG

Marius Goring

Conductor 71

RC

Robert Coote

Bob Trubshawe

KB

Kathleen Byron

An Angel

RA

Richard Attenborough

An English Pilot

BC

Bonar Colleano

An American Pilot

JM

Joan Maude

Chief Recorder

RA

Robert Atkins

The Vicar

Official Trailer

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