A Matter of Life and Death
Romance
Fantasy
Drama
Comedy
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
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.
1946-12-15
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Cast
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
David Niven as Peter Carter
Kim Hunter as June
Roger Livesey as Doctor Reeves
Marius Goring as Conductor 71
Robert Coote as Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron as An Angel
Richard Attenborough as An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano as An American Pilot
Joan Maude as Chief Recorder
Robert Atkins as The Vicar
Edwin Max as Dr. Mc.Ewen
Abraham Sofaer as The Judge
Raymond Massey as Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden as GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty as US Crewman (uncredited)
Tommy Duggan as Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
Leslie Dwyer as ARP Warden (uncredited)
John Longden as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lois Maxwell as Actress (uncredited)
Wally Patch as Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Laurence Payne as Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Robert Rietti as Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler as British Serviceman (uncredited)
Frederick Valk as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)