pressburger and powell great movie . david niven play the raf bomber pilot who miss his own death but be grant a second chance at life when heaven notice that he be awol and dispatch an angel to investigate . the scene when the young soldier and men and woman and black and white and all kill in action and arrive in heaven to be process for eternal life be unbearably poignant . watch out too for roger livesey and a deeply under appreciate actor and and kim hunter a the love interest ( later and of course and zira in planet of the ape ) . incidentally and steven spielberg cast the actress who play the chief angel ( kathleen byron ) a the elderly wife of the eponymous private in save private ryan half a century later and an act that speak volume for his cinematic literacy .