Movie: "A Matter of Life and Death"
| Release Date: | Dec 1946 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Fantasy / Romance / War |
| Awards | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 104 min. |
| Cast: | David Niven (Peter Carter), Kim Hunter (June), Robert Coote (Bob Trubshawe), Kathleen Byron (An Angel) Richard Attenborough (An English Pilot) Bonar Colleano (An American Pilot (also as Bonor...) Joan Maude (Chief Recorder) Marius Goring (Conductor 71) Roger Livesey (Doctor Frank Reeves) Robert Atkins (The Vicar) Bob Roberts (Dr. Gaertler) Edwin Max (Dr. McEwen) Betty Potter (Mrs. Tucker) Abraham Sofaer (The Judge / The Surgeon) Raymond Massey (Abraham Farlan) Robert Arden (GI Playing Bottom (uncredited)) Robert Beatty (US Crewman (uncredited)) Tommy Duggan (American Policeman (uncredited)) Erik (Spaniel (uncredited)) John Huntley (Extra in Celestial Courtroom...) John Longden (Narrator of introduction (uncredited)...) Howard Marshall (Cricket commentator on radio (voice)...) Lois Maxwell (Actress (uncredited)) Wally Patch (ARP Warden (uncredited)) Roger Snowden (Irishman (uncredited)) Spangle (Spaniel (uncredited)) Wendy Thompson (Nurse (uncredited)) Geoff van Rijssel (Extra in Celestial Courtroom...) Joan Verney (Girl (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, flyer Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the USAAF, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mixup in heaven. They couldn't find him in all that fog. By the time his "Conductor" catches up with him 20 hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate.
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