A Canterbury Tale
August 21, 1944
Overview
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
Cast and crew
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Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Eric Portman
Thomas Colpeper
Sheila Sim
Alison Smith
Dennis Price
Peter Gibbs
John Sweet
Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey
Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight
Narrator
Hay Petrie
Woodcock
George Merritt
Ned Horton
Edward Rigby
Jim Horton
Freda Jackson
Prudence Honeywood
BJ
Betty Jardine
Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham
Organist
PJJ
Parry Jones Jr.
Arthur
BE
Beresford Egan
P. C. Ovenden
Esma Cannon
Agnes
AH
Anthony Holles
Sergt. Bassett
ML
Maude Lambert
Miss Grainger
Wallace Bosco
A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton
Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican
Susanna Foster
MG
Michael Golden
Sergt. Smale
John Slater
Sergt. Len
Graham Moffatt
Sergt. Stuffy
Judith Furse
Dorothy Bird
BW
Barbara Waring
Polly Finn
JS
Jean Shepeard
Gwladys Swinton
Margaret Scudamore
Mrs Colpeper
Joss Ambler
Police Inspector
HM
H.F. Maltby
Mr. Portal
Eric Maturin
Geoffrey's Father
George Hall
Police Superintendent (uncredited)