A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · 1h 44m · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · United Kingdom · Rated PG (US)
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
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.
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