David Niven
Peter Carter
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
"Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!"
78%
User
Score
Score
Overview
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.
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Michael Powell
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
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)
Recommendations
Good Fortune
2025
Defending Your Life
1991
City of Angels
1998
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
The Heavenly Kid
1985
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Maria's Lovers
1984
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Always
1989
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Not Easily Broken
2009
Made in Heaven
1987
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
On the Edge
2001
The Good House
2021