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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946
Special features: audio commentary from 2009 featuring film scholar Ian Christie; new interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, director Michael Powell's widow; new interview with film historian Craig Barron on the film's visual effects and production design; interview from 2009 with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; The colour merchant, a 1998 short film by Craig McCall featuring cinematographer Jack Cardiff; essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
Cinematographer, Jack Cardiff
Kim Hunter, David Niven
MPAA rating: PG
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)