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Stairway to Heaven

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Stairway to Heaven (1946)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:17

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: With his crew either dead or parachuted out, his craft in flames and falling fast, RAF bomber pilot Peter Carter bails out without a chute. His miraculous survival allows him to pursue a fortuitous... With his crew either dead or parachuted out, his craft in flames and falling fast, RAF bomber pilot Peter Carter bails out without a chute. His miraculous survival allows him to pursue a fortuitous romance with the radio operator with whom he shared what he thought were his last words. But agents in Heaven discover that a mistake was made -- and a celestial trial threatens to revoke Carter's new lease on life. [More]

Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Robert Coote

Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Robert Coote, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Bonar Colleano, Joan Maude, Abraham Sofaer, Robert Atkins, Bob Roberts, Edwin Max, Betty Potter, Tommy Duggan, Robert Arden

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Producer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Screenwriter: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Composer: Allan Gray

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What today's audiences will find amazing is the sheer energy of its invention.

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One of the most enchanting movies you'll ever have the pleasure to see.

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02/28/05
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In spite of its thematic bleakness, A Matter of Life and Death succeeds in being a sparkling fantasy picture ....

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Emanuel Levy
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The duo put so much care and love into the film that in the end we know they're right: Love really is the greatest of all virtues.

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Andy Klein
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Probably Powell and Pressburger's best film.

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12/04/02
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Jeffrey Westhoff
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A very pleasing fantasy film from the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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Dennis Schwartz
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(The filmmakers') creativity is both fantastic and organic, their imagery spellbinding and gorgeous, and their scripting clever and witty.

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