A Canterbury Tale

6.9(121 votes)

August 21, 1944

2h 5m

Mystery War Drama

Overview

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

Director

Michael Powell

Writers

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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

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A Canterbury Tale

Overview

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

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