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A Matter of Life and Death(1946)

7.8(468)
1h 44m
1946-12-15

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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Keywords

court caseengland
angel
world war ii
supernatural
heaven
bicycle
tribunal
plane wreck
lighthearted
witty
whimsical
adoring
cheerful
sos

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