Movie
A Canterbury Tale
1944NR2h 5m6.9 / 10
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
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Checked Jul 24, 2026
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Synopsis
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
More about A Canterbury Tale
Cast
Eric PortmanThomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila SimAlison Smith
Dennis PricePeter Gibbs
John SweetBob Johnson
Charles HawtreyThomas Duckett
Esmond KnightNarrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay PetrieWoodcock
George MerrittNed HortonCredits
- Directed by
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Written by
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- The Archers
- J. Arthur Rank OrganisationUnited Kingdom
Themes
american in the ukblack and whitecanterburyenglandhome frontrailroadrural areawartime
