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A Canterbury Tale 1944 Directed by Emeric Pressburger , Michael Powell

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Mystery , War
Production Companies J. Arthur Rank Organisation , The Archers
Release Date 21 August 1944
125 mins
Cast
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim Alison Smith
Dennis Price Peter Gibbs
John Sweet Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay Petrie Woodcock
George Merritt Ned Horton
Edward Rigby Jim Horton
Freda Jackson Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham Organist
Beresford Egan P. C. Ovenden
Anthony Holles Sergt. Bassett
Maude Lambert Miss Grainger
Wallace Bosco A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican Susanna Foster
Michael Golden Sergt. Smale
John Slater Sergt. Len
Graham Moffatt Sergt. Stuffy
Judith Furse Dorothy Bird
Barbara Waring Polly Finn
Jean Shepeard Gwladys Swinton
Margaret Scudamore Mrs Colpeper
Joss Ambler Police Inspector
H.F. Maltby Mr. Portal
Eric Maturin Geoffrey's Father
George Hall Police Superintendent (uncredited)