A Matter of Life and Death (film) afterward. David Niven was a fan of chess. Peter and June play chess while they await Dr Reeves. Then Conductor 71 "borrows" a chess book Peter has accidentally knocked off the table, Alekhine's "My Best Games of Chess". After the trial is won, Conductor 71 throws the book from the stairway; June finds it in his jacket pocket "to serve the 'was it a hallucination or did it really happen?' motif of the film", according to Mig Greengard. He also noted, "Lots of chess in movies past and present, but I can't recall another prominent appearance of a real chess
A Matter of Wife... and Death A Matter of Wife... and Death A Matter of Wife... and Death is a 1976 American made-for-television crime drama mystery film. It is a sequel to the 1973 film "Shamus" and was intended as a pilot for a series. The teleplay was written by Don Ingalls and the film directed by Marvin Chomsky, with former head of production at MGM Robert M. Weitman as the producer. The film aired April 10, 1976 on NBC. Rod Taylor played the part of the private detective Shamus McCoy, a role originated by Burt Reynolds. The cast also included Anne Archer, Cesare Danova, John