A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
7.8|15 Dec, 1946|104 min
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
7.8|15 Dec, 1946|104 min
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When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Keywords
court case
england
angel
world war ii
heaven
bicycle
lighthearted
witty
whimsical
adoring
cheerful
Casts
David Niven
Peter Carter
Kim Hunter
June
Roger Livesey
Doctor Reeves
Marius Goring
Conductor 71
Robert Coote
Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron
An Angel
Richard Attenborough
An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano
An American Pilot
Joan Maude
Chief Recorder
Robert Atkins
The Vicar
Edwin Max
Dr. Mc.Ewen
Betty Potter
Mrs. Tucker
Abraham Sofaer
The Judge
Raymond Massey
Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden
GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
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)
Robert Rietti
Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Roger Snowdon
James Monahan (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
British Serviceman (uncredited)
Wendy Thompson
Nurse (uncredited)
Frederick Valk
RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Joan Verney
Girl (uncredited)
Crews
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Michael Powell
Producer
Allan Gray
Original Music Composer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Pat MacDonnell
Casting
Adele Raymond
Casting
Alfred Junge
Production Design
Hein Heckroth
Costume Design
Joseph Bato
Costume Design
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Ida Mills
Hairstylist
Robert C. Foord
Unit Manager
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Walter Goehr
Conductor
Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator
Douglas Woolsey
Special Effects
Henry Harris
Special Effects
George R. Busby
Producer's Assistant
Parry Jones Jr.
Assistant Director
Jim Body
Focus Puller
George Minassian
Assistant Camera
Backdrops & Posters
