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.
Cast
David Niven
Peter Carter
Kim Hunter
June
Roger Livesey
Doctor Reeves
Marius Goring
Conductor 71
Robert Coote
Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron
An Angel
Richard Attenborough
An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano
An American Pilot
Joan Maude
Chief Recorder
Robert Atkins
The Vicar
Edwin Max
Dr. Mc.Ewen
Betty Potter
Mrs. Tucker
Abraham Sofaer
The Judge
Raymond Massey
Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden
GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
Goatherd (uncredited)
Tommy Duggan
Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
Leslie Dwyer
ARP Warden (uncredited)
John Longden
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lois Maxwell
Actress (uncredited)
Wally Patch
Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Laurence Payne
Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Roger Snowdon
James Monahan (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
British Serviceman (uncredited)
Wendy Thompson
Nurse (uncredited)
Frederick Valk
RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Joan Verney
Girl (uncredited)
Crew
Emeric Pressburger
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Michael Powell
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Parry Jones Jr.
Assistant Director
George R. Busby
Producer's Assistant
Alfred Junge
Production Design
Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator
George Minassian
Assistant Camera
Pat MacDonnell
Casting
Adele Raymond
Casting
Hein Heckroth
Costume Design
Joseph Bato
Costume Design
Ida Mills
Hairstylist
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Douglas Woolsey
Special Effects
Henry Harris
Special Effects
Allan Gray
Original Music Composer
Jim Body
Focus Puller
Robert C. Foord
Unit Manager
Walter Goehr
Conductor
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