A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

1944•2h 5m•6.9/10

MysteryWarDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(122)

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

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Production

The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Eric Portman

Eric Portman

Thomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila Sim

Sheila Sim

Alison Smith

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

Peter Gibbs

John Sweet

John Sweet

Bob Johnson

Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey

Thomas Duckett

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Woodcock

George Merritt

George Merritt

Ned Horton

Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Jim Horton

Freda Jackson

Freda Jackson

Prudence Honeywood

Betty Jardine

Fee Baker

Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham

Organist

Parry Jones Jr.

Arthur

Beresford Egan

P. C. Ovenden

Esma Cannon

Esma Cannon

Agnes

Anthony Holles

Sergt. Bassett

Maude Lambert

Miss Grainger

Wallace Bosco

Wallace Bosco

A. R. P. Worker

Charles Paton

Charles Paton

Ernie Brooks

Jane Millican

Jane Millican

Susanna Foster

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