A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
104 min
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.
- Release date
- December 15, 1946
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Allan Gray
- Budget
- $450,000
- Box office
- $1,750,000
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Cast
- David Niven as Peter Carter
- Kim Hunter as June
- Roger Livesey as Dr. Frank Reeves
- Marius Goring as Conductor 71
- Robert Coote as Bob Trubshaw
- 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 Rietty as Man in Stairway (uncredited)
- Roger Snowdon as James Monahan (uncredited)
- Emile Stemmler as British Serviceman (uncredited)
- Wendy Thompson as Nurse (uncredited)
- Frederick Valk as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Crew
- Michael Powell · Director
- Emeric Pressburger · Director
- Michael Powell · Writer
- Emeric Pressburger · Writer
- Michael Powell · Producer
- Emeric Pressburger · Producer
- Allan Gray · Composer
- Jack Cardiff · Cinematographer
- Reginald Mills · Editor
- Alfred Junge · Production designer