Movie Description
A Canterbury Tale
(1944)Overview
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Featured Crew
- Director : Michael Powell,Emeric Pressburger
- Producer : Emeric Pressburger,Michael Powell
- Writer : Michael Powell,Emeric Pressburger
- Editor : John Seabourne Sr.
- Cast : Eric Portman,Sheila Sim,Dennis Price,John Sweet,Charles Hawtrey,Esmond Knight,Hay Petrie,George Merritt,Edward Rigby,Freda Jackson,Betty Jardine,Eliot Makeham,Parry Jones Jr.,Beresford Egan,Esma Cannon,Anthony Holles,Maude Lambert,Wallace Bosco,Charles Paton,Jane Millican,Michael Golden,John Slater,Graham Moffatt,Judith Furse,Barbara Waring,Jean Shepeard,Margaret Scudamore,Joss Ambler,H.F. Maltby,Eric Maturin,George Hall
Cast
Thomas Colpeper, JP
Alison Smith
Peter Gibbs
Bob Johnson
Thomas Duckett
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Woodcock
Ned Horton
Jim Horton
Prudence Honeywood
Fee Baker
Organist
Arthur
P. C. Ovenden
Agnes
Sergt. Bassett
Miss Grainger
A. R. P. Worker
Ernie Brooks
Susanna Foster
Sergt. Smale
Sergt. Len
Sergt. Stuffy
Dorothy Bird
Polly Finn
Gwladys Swinton
Mrs Colpeper
Police Inspector
Mr. Portal
Geoffrey's Father
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleA Canterbury Tale
Status Released
Release Information
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1944-08-21
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 05m
Production CompaniesThe Archers,J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
- Mystery
- War
- Drama
