A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale
1944DramaMysteryWar124 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Michael Powell

    Director

  • Emeric Pressburger

    Director

  • Michael Powell

    Writer

  • Emeric Pressburger

    Writer

  • Erwin Hillier

    Director of Photography

  • John Seabourne Sr.

    Editor

  • 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

  • Parry Jones Jr.

    Arthur

  • Beresford Egan

    P. C. Ovenden

  • Esma Cannon

    Agnes

  • 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

    • Runtime

    124 minutes

    Released

    1944-08-21

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Independent Producers

    The Archers

    J. Arthur Rank Organisation

    Sound

  • Allan Gray

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    129 days ago

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