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A Matter of Life and Death(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-12-15
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421 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, French, Russian.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
The Archers
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: A Matter of Life and Death
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Joan Maude
Chief Recorder
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Actor Michael Sheen on why A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH is his favorite film | TCM
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