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A Matter of Life and Death

Rating:PG (for thematic elements)
Genre:Drama, SciFi/Fantasy
Release Date:January 23, 1947
Running time:104 minutes
Cast:David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough
Director:Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Producer:Michael Powell
Writer:Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Distributor:Universal Pictures

Description: Returning home from a bombing mission over Germany, Royal Air Force squadron leader Peter Carter, survives a jump from his burning plane without a parachute. Due to the incompetence of an angel, Carter escapes his appointment with death, which causes great consternation in Heaven. To further complicate matters, Carter falls helplessly in love with an American radio operator. Caught in the nether world between Earth and the next life, Carter must plead his case before a heavenly tribunal.

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