A Canterbury Tale
115 reviews
Drama/Mystery
2h 5m
1944
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
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Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
- DirectorMichael Powell
- Release21 August 1944
- Genre
- Duration2h 5m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate115 reviews
- Productions
The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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

Eliot Makeham
Organist

Esma Cannon
Agnes

Wallace Bosco
A. R. P. Worker

Charles Paton
Ernie Brooks

Jane Millican
Susanna Foster

John Slater
Sergt. Len

Graham Moffatt
Sergt. Stuffy

Judith Furse
Dorothy Bird

Margaret Scudamore
Mrs Colpeper

Joss Ambler
Police Inspector

Eric Maturin
Geoffrey's Father

George Hall
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
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