The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 228 1940s romance movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
480 audience votes
Key crew
- Emeric PressburgerDirector
- Michael PowellDirector
- Michael PowellScreenplay
- Emeric PressburgerScreenplay
- Allan GrayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David NivenPeter Carter
- Kim HunterJune
- Roger LiveseyDoctor Reeves
- Marius GoringConductor 71
- Robert CooteBob Trubshawe
- Kathleen ByronAn Angel
- Richard AttenboroughAn English Pilot
- Bonar ColleanoAn American Pilot
- Joan MaudeChief Recorder
- Robert AtkinsThe Vicar
- Edwin MaxDr. Mc.Ewen
- Betty PotterMrs. Tucker
Stills
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Themes
court caseenglandangelworld war iisupernaturalheavenbicycletribunalplane wrecklightheartedwittycheerful
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