Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- court case
- england
- angel
- world war ii
- supernatural
- heaven
- bicycle
- tribunal
- plane wreck
- lighthearted
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Robert Coote — Bob Trubshawe
- Kathleen Byron — An Angel
- Richard Attenborough — An English Pilot
- Bonar Colleano — An American Pilot
- Joan Maude — Chief Recorder
- Robert Atkins — The Vicar
- Edwin Max — Dr. Mc.Ewen
- Betty Potter — Mrs. Tucker
- Abraham Sofaer — The Judge
- Raymond Massey — Abraham Farlan
- Robert Arden — GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
- Directed
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Written
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 472 ratings
- Studio
- The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
