A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale
Release: 1944-08-21
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 6.9
Mystery
War
Drama
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Archers
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Dennis Price
as Peter Gibbs
Esma Cannon
as Agnes
Eric Portman
as Thomas Colpeper, JP
Charles Hawtrey
as Thomas Duckett
Wallace Bosco
as A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton
as Ernie Brooks
Freda Jackson
as Prudence Honeywood
John Sweet
as Bob Johnson
George Merritt
as Ned Horton
John Slater
as Sergt. Len
Judith Furse
as Dorothy Bird
Esmond Knight
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Edward Rigby
as Jim Horton
Jane Millican
as Susanna Foster
Margaret Scudamore
as Mrs Colpeper
Sheila Sim
as Alison Smith
Graham Moffatt
as Sergt. Stuffy
Joss Ambler
as Police Inspector
Hay Petrie
as Woodcock
Eliot Makeham
as Organist
George Hall
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Eric Maturin
as Geoffrey's Father