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MOVIE

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

104 minutes (1 hrs 44 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Starring

David Niven · Kim Hunter · Robert Coote · Kathleen Byron · Richard Attenborough · Bonar Colleano

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 1st March 1947

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 27th Oct '23
Debut position: 60
Highest position: 24
Debut gross: £1.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£119.3 Thousand

US total gross
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Global total gross
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Director

Role

Michael Powell

Directed By

Emeric Pressburger

Directed By

Richard
Attenborough

Actor

Character

David Niven

Peter Carter

Kim Hunter

June

Robert Coote

Bob Trubshaw

Kathleen Byron

An Angel

Richard Attenborough

An English Pilot

Bonar Colleano

An American Pilot

Joan Maude

Chief Recorder

Marius Goring

Conductor 71

Roger Livesey

Dr. Frank Reeves

Robert Atkins

The Vicar

Bob Roberts

Dr. Gaertler

Edwin Max

Dr. McEwen

Betty Potter

Mrs. Tucker

Abraham Sofaer

The Judge

Raymond Massey

Abraham Farlan

Robert Arden

GI Playing Snout

Robert Beatty

US Crewman

Eric Cawthorne

Goatherd

Tommy Duggan

Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney

Leslie Dwyer

ARP Warden

Erik

Spaniel

John Huntley

Extra in Celestial Courtroom

Charles Lattimer

RAF Pilot

John Longden

Narrator of Introduction

Howard Marshall

Cricket Commentator on Radio

Lois Maxwell

Actress

Richard Neilson

Minor Role

Wally Patch

Civil Defence, Stretcher Party

Laurence Payne

Prosecuting Council

Robert Rietty

Man on Stairway

Frank Schock

Man in Court

Roger Snowdon

James Monahan

Spangle

Spaniel

Wendy Thompson

Nurse

Frederick Valk

RAF Chaplain

Geoff van Rijssel

Extra in Celestial Courtroom

Joan Verney

Girl