A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

124 mins | Drama, Comedy, War, Mystery | Aug. 21, 1944

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

A Canterbury Tale

124 mins | Drama, Comedy, War, Mystery | Aug. 21, 1944

A Canterbury Tale
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers The Archers, Independent Producers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title A Canterbury Tale
Directors Parry Jones Jr., Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

Eric Portman

as Thomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila Sim

as Alison Smith

Dennis Price

as Peter Gibbs

John Sweet

as Bob Johnson

Charles Hawtrey

as Thomas Duckett

Esmond Knight

as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Hay Petrie

as Woodcock

George Merritt

as Ned Horton

Edward Rigby

as Jim Horton

Freda Jackson

as Prudence Honeywood

Betty Jardine

as Fee Baker

Eliot Makeham

as Organist

Parry Jones Jr.

as Arthur

Beresford Egan

as P. C. Ovenden

Esma Cannon

as Agnes

Anthony Holles

as Sergt. Bassett

Maude Lambert

as Miss Grainger

Wallace Bosco

as A. R. P. Worker

Charles Paton

as Ernie Brooks

Jane Millican

as Susanna Foster

John Slater

as Sergt. Len

Michael Golden

as Sergt. Smale

Graham Moffatt

as Sergt. Stuffy

Judith Furse

as Dorothy Bird

Barbara Waring

as Polly Finn

Jean Shepeard

as Gwladys Swinton

Margaret Scudamore

as Mrs Colpeper

Joss Ambler

as Police Inspector

H.F. Maltby

as Mr. Portal

Eric Maturin

as Geoffrey's Father