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 Colicos, Luke Askew, Larry Block, Anita Gillette, and Joe Santos reprising his "Shamus" role of Lieutenant Promuto. "Wonder Woman" actress Lynda Carter also played a small role as Shamus's girlfriend. The film ran for 73 minutes in color with mono sound, and was released by Columbia. 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