A Matter of Life and Death

7.8

104 minutes

12/15/1946

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.

Cast List

David Niven
as Peter Carter
Kim Hunter
as June
Roger Livesey
as Doctor Reeves
Marius Goring
as Conductor 71
Robert Coote
as Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron
as An Angel
Richard Attenborough
as An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano
as An American Pilot
Joan Maude
as Chief Recorder
Robert Atkins
as The Vicar
Edwin Max
as Dr. Mc.Ewen
Betty Potter
as Mrs. Tucker
Abraham Sofaer
as The Judge
Raymond Massey
as Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden
as GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
as US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
as Goatherd (uncredited)
Tommy Duggan
as Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
Leslie Dwyer
as ARP Warden (uncredited)
John Longden
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lois Maxwell
as Actress (uncredited)
Wally Patch
as Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Laurence Payne
as Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
as Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Roger Snowdon
as James Monahan (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
as British Serviceman (uncredited)
Wendy Thompson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Frederick Valk
as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Joan Verney
as Girl (uncredited)