Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) is a British Royal Air Force pilot trying to fly a badly damaged and burning Lancaster bomber home after a mission over Germany on 2 May 1945. He has ordered his crew to bail out, without revealing that his own parachute has been shot up. He manages to contact June (Kim Hunter), an American radio operator based in England, and talks with her for a few minutes before jumping without a parachute. Peter should have died at that point, but Conductor 71 (Marius Goring), the guide sent to escort him to the Other World, misses him in the thick fog over the English Channel. The airman wakes up the next day on a beach near Junes base. At first, he assumes he is in the afterlife, but then discovers to his bewilderment that he is still alive. Peter meets June and they fall in love. Conductor 71 stops time to explain the situation to Peter and urge him to accept his death and accompany him to the Other World, but Peter demands that the matter be appealed. While Conductor 71 consults his superiors, Peter continues to live his life. Conductor 71 returns and informs him that he has been granted his appeal and has three days to prepare his case. *beth*
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:50:37 +0000