A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

7.8IMDb Score
Released:1946-12-15
Duration:104 min
Director:Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors:David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote
Production:The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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.

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