Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to Heaven ★★★ ½ A Matter of Life and Death 1946 (PG)
Wonderful romantic fantasy features Niven as RAF pilot Peter D. Carter, who falls in love with American WAC June (Hunter). Forced to bail out during a mission, Peter is rescued and must undergo a risky operation. What's riskier is an angel (Goring) has made a mistake and realizes that Peter should have died. While on the operating table, Peter's spirit travels to Heaven and pleads his case for life against a harsh prosecutor (Massey) and a group of judges. Terrific work by cinematographer Cardiff. 104m/C VHS, DVD . GB David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough; D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; W: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; C: Jack Cardiff; M: Allan Gray.