A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale (1944)


  • Genre: Drama, Mystery, War, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1944-08-21
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 112 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Archers
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
star 6.9/10
From 112 Ratings
7.3

Summary

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

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  • Eric Portman

    as Thomas Colpeper, JP
  • Sheila Sim

    as Alison Smith
  • Dennis Price

    as Peter Gibbs
  • John Sweet

    as Bob Johnson
  • Charles Hawtrey

    as Thomas Duckett
  • Esmond Knight

    as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
  • Hay Petrie

    as Woodcock
  • George Merritt

    as Ned Horton
  • Edward Rigby

    as Jim Horton
  • Freda Jackson

    as Prudence Honeywood
  • Betty Jardine

    as Fee Baker
  • Eliot Makeham

    as Organist
  • Parry Jones Jr.

    as Arthur
  • Beresford Egan

    as P. C. Ovenden
  • Esma Cannon

    as Agnes
  • Anthony Holles

    as Sergt. Bassett
  • Maude Lambert

    as Miss Grainger
  • Wallace Bosco

    as A. R. P. Worker
  • Charles Paton

    as Ernie Brooks
  • Jane Millican

    as Susanna Foster
  • Michael Golden

    as Sergt. Smale
  • John Slater

    as Sergt. Len
  • Graham Moffatt

    as Sergt. Stuffy
  • Judith Furse

    as Dorothy Bird
  • Barbara Waring

    as Polly Finn
  • Jean Shepeard

    as Gwladys Swinton
  • Margaret Scudamore

    as Mrs Colpeper
  • Joss Ambler

    as Police Inspector
  • H.F. Maltby

    as Mr. Portal
  • Eric Maturin

    as Geoffrey's Father
Writing Michael Powell Writer
Directing Michael Powell Director
Directing Emeric Pressburger Director
Writing Emeric Pressburger Writer
Editing John Seabourne Sr. Editor
Production Emeric Pressburger Producer
Camera Erwin Hillier Director of Photography
Production Michael Powell Producer
Sound Allan Gray Original Music Composer
Art Alfred Junge Production Design
Sound George Paternoster Boom Operator
Art Elliot Scott Draughtsman
Directing Parry Jones Jr. Third Assistant Director
Art Harold Hurdell Draughtsman
Camera Jim Body Clapper Loader
Sound Desmond Dew Sound Recordist
Production George Maynard Production Manager
Costume & Make-Up Dorothy Edwards Wardrobe Designer
Costume & Make-Up Ernest Gasser Assistant Makeup Artist
Sound C. C. Stevens Sound Recordist
Sound Alan Whatley Sound Recordist
Visual Effects W. Percy Day Modeling
Art Miss Johnstone Set Dresser
Sound Alan Thorne Sound Assistant
Costume & Make-Up George Blackler Makeup Artist
Sound J.H. Kay Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up Arthur Breton Wardrobe Designer
Costume & Make-Up Hilda Sheardown-Course Hairstylist

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