A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ★ 7.8U1h44

Name: A Matter of Life and Death
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1946
Rating: 7.752
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote

Romance · Fantasy · Drama

Director Emeric Pressburger (7.7 avg)

Also directed The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and 12 more

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.

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Cast

David Niven
Kim Hunter
Roger Livesey
Marius Goring
Robert Coote
Kathleen Byron
Richard Attenborough

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ★ 7.8U1h44

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