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A Matter of Life and Death   1946         PG, 104 min. Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller aka: Stairway to Heaven Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger   Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Abraham Sofaer, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins, Bob Roberts, Edwin Max, Betty Potter   Returning from a World War II bombing run, Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) realizes his plane will not make it. He talks on his radio to RAF worker June (Kim Hunter) and then jumps, certain that he will die. But a miracle occurs, and Carter awakens in the surf (the angels couldn't find him in the fog, so he didn't die). He and June meet, fall in love, and talk Heaven into waiting. Cast David Niven Peter Carter Kim Hunter June Robert Coote Bob Trubshawe Richard Attenborough English Pilot Marius Goring Conductor Roger Livesey Dr. Frank Reeves Raymond Massey Abraham Farlan Kathleen Byron An Angel Bonar Colleano American Pilot Abraham Sofaer Judge/Surgeon Joan Maude Chief Recorder Robert Atkins The Vicar Bob Roberts Dr. Gaertler Edwin Max Dr. McEwen Betty Potter Mrs. Tucker

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