A Canterbury Tale

Aug 21, 1944

2h 5m

★ 6.9

Overview

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

Genres

Mystery

War

Drama

Production Companies

The Archers

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

A Canterbury Tale Trailers

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Cast

Thomas Colpeper, JP

Eric Portman

Alison Smith

Sheila Sim

Peter Gibbs

Dennis Price

Bob Johnson

John Sweet

Thomas Duckett

Charles Hawtrey

Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Esmond Knight

Woodcock

Hay Petrie

Ned Horton

George Merritt

Jim Horton

Edward Rigby

Prudence Honeywood

Freda Jackson

Fee Baker

Betty Jardine

Organist

Eliot Makeham

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