Aired Thursday 28 November, 8:30pm - 10:10pmon BBC Four

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Name: A Matter of Life and Death
Rating: 8.0

Drama / Fantasy

Peter Carter is an airman who cheats death and falls in love with an American radio operator June. Shocked at the `clerical error' that allowed him to live, the celestial bureaucrats invoke a trial, the result of which will decide his fate.

IMDb8.0

Rotten Tomatoes95%

Country: United Kingdom

Cast and crew

Michael PowellDirector
Emeric PressburgerDirector
David NivenPeter Carter
Kim HunterJune
Raymond MasseyAbraham Farlan
Robert CooteBob
Kathleen ByronAn Angel
Richard AttenboroughAn English Pilot
Bonar ColleanoAn American Pilot
Joan MaudeChief Recorder
Marius GoringConductor 71
Roger LiveseyDoctor Reeves
Robert AtkinsThe Vicar
Bob RobertsDr. Gaertler
Edwin MaxDr. McEwen
Betty PotterMrs. Tucker
Abraham SofaerThe Judge

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