A Matter of Life and Death
15/12/1946
2h

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.
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


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)


Robert Beatty
US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
Goatherd (uncredited)


Tommy Duggan
Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)


Leslie Dwyer
ARP Warden (uncredited)


John Longden
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


Lois Maxwell
Actress (uncredited)


Wally Patch
Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)


Laurence Payne
Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Roger Snowdon
James Monahan (uncredited)


Emile Stemmler
British Serviceman (uncredited)
Wendy Thompson
Nurse (uncredited)


Frederick Valk
RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Joan Verney
Girl (uncredited)
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