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A Canterbury Tale

1944-08-212h 5mMystery / War / Drama6.9/10TMDB · 133 votes

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

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Directed byEmeric Pressburger Michael Powell

Original languageEnglish

Original release1944-08-21

ProductionUnited Kingdom

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Eric PortmanThomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila SimAlison Smith

Dennis PricePeter Gibbs

John SweetBob Johnson

Charles HawtreyThomas Duckett

Esmond KnightNarrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

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Hay PetrieWoodcock George MerrittNed Horton Edward RigbyJim Horton Freda JacksonPrudence Honeywood Betty JardineFee Baker Eliot MakehamOrganist Parry Jones Jr.Arthur Beresford EganP. C. Ovenden Esma CannonAgnes

Anthony Holles

Sergt. Bassett

Maude LambertMiss Grainger

Wallace BoscoA. R. P. Worker

Charles PatonErnie Brooks

Jane MillicanSusanna Foster

Michael GoldenSergt. Smale

John SlaterSergt. Len

Graham MoffattSergt. Stuffy

Judith FurseDorothy Bird

Barbara WaringPolly Finn

Jean ShepeardGwladys Swinton

Margaret ScudamoreMrs Colpeper

Joss AmblerPolice Inspector

H.F. MaltbyMr. Portal

Eric MaturinGeoffrey's Father

George HallPolice Superintendent (uncredited)

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