A Canterbury Tale
Genres
Overview
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
125 min
Release Date
1944-08-21
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
120
Vote Average
6.9
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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