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A Matter of Life and Death

19467.7 / 10104 min
Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

Overview

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

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.

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

Edwin Max

Edwin Max

Dr. Mc.Ewen

Betty Potter

Betty Potter

Mrs. Tucker

Abraham Sofaer

Abraham Sofaer

The Judge

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Abraham Farlan

Robert Arden

Robert Arden

GI Playing Snout (uncredited)

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

US Crewman (uncredited)

Eric Cawthorne

Eric Cawthorne

Goatherd (uncredited)

Tommy Duggan

Tommy Duggan

Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)

Leslie Dwyer

Leslie Dwyer

ARP Warden (uncredited)

John Longden

John Longden

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell

Actress (uncredited)

Wally Patch

Wally Patch

Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Laurence Payne

Laurence Payne

Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

Robert Rietti

Man in Stairway (uncredited)

Roger Snowdon

Roger Snowdon

James Monahan (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

Emile Stemmler

British Serviceman (uncredited)

Wendy Thompson

Wendy Thompson

Nurse (uncredited)

Frederick Valk

Frederick Valk

RAF Chaplain (uncredited)

Joan Verney

Joan Verney

Girl (uncredited)

Crew

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Director

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Director

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Screenplay

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Screenplay

Jack Cardiff

Jack Cardiff

Director of Photography

Ida Mills

Ida Mills

Hairstylist

Hein Heckroth

Hein Heckroth

Costume Design

Allan Gray

Allan Gray

Original Music Composer

Reginald Mills

Reginald Mills

Editor

Alfred Junge

Alfred Junge

Production Design

Robert C. Foord

Robert C. Foord

Unit Manager

Pat MacDonnell

Pat MacDonnell

Casting

George Blackler

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Producer

Joseph Bato

Joseph Bato

Costume Design

Adele Raymond

Adele Raymond

Casting

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Producer

Douglas Woolsey

Douglas Woolsey

Special Effects

Walter Goehr

Walter Goehr

Conductor

Henry Harris

Henry Harris

Special Effects

Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Unsworth

Camera Operator

George R. Busby

George R. Busby

Producer's Assistant

Parry Jones Jr.

Parry Jones Jr.

Assistant Director

Jim Body

Jim Body

Focus Puller

George Minassian

George Minassian

Assistant Camera