A Canterbury Tale (1944)

6.9/10 125 min Mystery War Drama

Overview

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

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

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