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A Matter of Life and Death

Name: A Matter of Life and Death
Director: Emeric Pressburger
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1946
Rating: 7.7
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote

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 · Directed by Emeric Pressburger · 104 min · Romance · Fantasy · Drama · 28 frames

Tagline

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

Crew

Screenplay: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
Edited by: Reginald Mills
Music: Allan Gray
Production design: Alfred Junge
Produced by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

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

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, French, Russian
Studios: The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Budget: $450,000
Box office: $1,750,000
Themes: court case, england, angel, world war ii, supernatural, heaven, bicycle, tribunal, plane wreck, lighthearted

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