A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

7.8/ 10

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1946

Release Year

104 min

Runtime

Romance

Fantasy

Drama

Comedy

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.

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Keywords

court case

england

angel

world war ii

supernatural

heaven

bicycle

tribunal

plane wreck

lighthearted

witty

whimsical

adoring

cheerful

sos

Trailer

Cast

David Niven

David Niven

Peter Carter

Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter

June

Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Doctor Reeves

Marius Goring

Marius Goring

Conductor 71

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Bob Trubshawe

Kathleen Byron

Kathleen Byron

An Angel

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

An English Pilot

Bonar Colleano

Bonar Colleano

An American Pilot

Joan Maude

Joan Maude

Chief Recorder

Robert Atkins

Robert Atkins

The Vicar

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

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7/10

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 before a heavenly court why he should not have to die (yet) after all. The story is tinged with humo…

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