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A Matter of Life and Death 1946
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Released1946-12-15 + 9 more
Runtime1h 44m
DirectorsEmeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

WritersEmeric Pressburger (screenplay) + 1 more, Michael Powell (screenplay)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, French, Russian
StudiosThe Archers + 1 more, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
GenresFantasy, Romance, Comedy, Drama

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

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.

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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)

A Matter of Life and Death 1946PG

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Cast 29

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)

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