A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Plot

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

Cast

Eric PortmanThomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila SimAlison Smith

Dennis PricePeter Gibbs

John SweetBob Johnson

Esmond KnightNarrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Hay PetrieWoodcock

George MerrittNed Horton

Edward RigbyJim Horton

H.F. MaltbyMr. Portal

Writers and directors

Michael PowellDirectorf. 1905

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

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…28. Mar 2022

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