A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Drama Mystery War Comedy

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

star 6.9 7.3 85 93%
  • Release Date: 1944-08-21
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.

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    • 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

    • 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

    • George Hall

      Police Superintendent (uncredited)

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