Dec 15, 1946
104 min
Full-HD

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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.

Category

Romance Fantasy Drama Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

The Archers J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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

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