A Canterbury Tale poster

A Canterbury Tale( 1944)

TV-MADramaMysteryWarComedy
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Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Eric Portman

      Thomas Colpeper, JP

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      Sheila Sim

      Alison Smith

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      Dennis Price

      Peter Gibbs

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      John Sweet

      Bob Johnson

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      Charles Hawtrey

      Thomas Duckett

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      Esmond Knight

      Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

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      Hay Petrie

      Woodcock

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      George Merritt

      Ned Horton

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      Edward Rigby

      Jim Horton

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      Freda Jackson

      Prudence Honeywood

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      Betty Jardine

      Fee Baker

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      Eliot Makeham

      Organist

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      Parry Jones Jr.

      Arthur

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      Beresford Egan

      P. C. Ovenden

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      Esma Cannon

      Agnes

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      Anthony Holles

      Sergt. Bassett

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      Maude Lambert

      Miss Grainger

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      Wallace Bosco

      A. R. P. Worker

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      Charles Paton

      Ernie Brooks

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      Jane Millican

      Susanna Foster

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      Michael Golden

      Sergt. Smale

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      John Slater

      Sergt. Len

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      Graham Moffatt

      Sergt. Stuffy

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      Judith Furse

      Dorothy Bird

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      Barbara Waring

      Polly Finn

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      Jean Shepeard

      Gwladys Swinton

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      Margaret Scudamore

      Mrs Colpeper

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      Joss Ambler

      Police Inspector

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      H.F. Maltby

      Mr. Portal

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      Eric Maturin

      Geoffrey's Father

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022
    This is a curious film to describe. In the best traditions of Chaucer, from whom the title is borrowed - it is a bit of an English whimsy. Not whimsical, not in any light and fluffy sense, but a story that though rooted in characterisations has something more intangible about it. This tale centres around three strangers who meet at railway station near Canterbury. "Alison" (Sheila Sim) is a naive, but determined land girl, "Peter" (Dennis Price) a British solider on a few days leave and "Bob" (John Sweet) - a young GI who accidentally gets off at the wrong stop. On their way to report to the to...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • england
    • world war ii
    • wartime
    • rural area
    • railroad
    • canterbury
    • home front