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cast: 29
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# A Matter of Life and Death (1946): cast and crew

29 cast and 25 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [David Niven](https://film.one/person/david-niven.md) as Peter Carter
- [Kim Hunter](https://film.one/person/kim-hunter.md) as June
- [Roger Livesey](https://film.one/person/roger-livesey.md) as Doctor Reeves
- [Marius Goring](https://film.one/person/marius-goring.md) as Conductor 71
- [Robert Coote](https://film.one/person/robert-coote.md) as Bob Trubshawe
- [Kathleen Byron](https://film.one/person/kathleen-byron.md) as An Angel
- [Richard Attenborough](https://film.one/person/richard-attenborough.md) as An English Pilot
- [Bonar Colleano](https://film.one/person/bonar-colleano.md) as An American Pilot
- [Joan Maude](https://film.one/person/joan-maude.md) as Chief Recorder
- [Robert Atkins](https://film.one/person/robert-atkins.md) as The Vicar
- [Edwin Max](https://film.one/person/edwin-max.md) as Dr. Mc.Ewen
- [Betty Potter](https://film.one/person/betty-potter.md) as Mrs. Tucker
- Abraham Sofaer as The Judge
- Raymond Massey as Abraham Farlan
- Robert Arden as GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
- [Robert Beatty](https://film.one/person/robert-beatty.md) as US Crewman (uncredited)
- Eric Cawthorne as Goatherd (uncredited)
- Tommy Duggan as Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
- [Leslie Dwyer](https://film.one/person/leslie-dwyer.md) as ARP Warden (uncredited)
- John Longden as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Lois Maxwell as Actress (uncredited)
- Wally Patch as Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
- Laurence Payne as Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
- Robert Rietti as Man in Stairway (uncredited)
- Roger Snowdon as James Monahan (uncredited)
- Emile Stemmler as British Serviceman (uncredited)
- Wendy Thompson as Nurse (uncredited)
- Frederick Valk as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
- Joan Verney as Girl (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Director
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Director
- Parry Jones Jr.: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Screenplay
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md): Producer
- Pat MacDonnell: Casting
- Adele Raymond: Casting
- Robert C. Foord: Unit Manager
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md): Producer
- [George R. Busby](https://film.one/person/george-r-busby.md): Producer's Assistant

## Camera

- [Jack Cardiff](https://film.one/person/jack-cardiff.md): Director of Photography
- [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-unsworth.md): Camera Operator
- Jim Body: Focus Puller
- George Minassian: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Reginald Mills](https://film.one/person/reginald-mills.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Allan Gray](https://film.one/person/allan-gray.md): Original Music Composer
- [Walter Goehr](https://film.one/person/walter-goehr.md): Conductor

## Art

- [Alfred Junge](https://film.one/person/alfred-junge.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Hein Heckroth](https://film.one/person/hein-heckroth.md): Costume Design
- [Joseph Bato](https://film.one/person/joseph-bato.md): Costume Design
- George Blackler: Makeup Artist
- Ida Mills: Hairstylist

## Crew

- Douglas Woolsey: Special Effects
- Henry Harris: Special Effects

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