A Matter of Life And Death - 1946 - Preview [ Weird War Films ]

Air Force officer Peter Carter is returning home in a crippled bomber following an attack on German targets. After talking via radio to a young female American officer, June, he leaps from the bomber without a parachute. But in the thick fog that has settled over the English Channel, the Heavenly messenger sent to take him to the afterlife misses him and Carter survives. He meets and falls in love with June, but Heaven doesn't give up that easily and sends a French "Conductor" to persuade Carter to pass over with him. Naturally Carter refuses and it's up to a Heavenly court to decide whether he lives or dies...