A Canterbury Tale

Emeric Pressburger
1944-08-21


6.9
125 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP Unowned
Sheila Sim Alison Smith Unowned
Dennis Price Peter Gibbs Unowned
John Sweet Bob Johnson Unowned
Charles Hawtrey Thomas Duckett Unowned
Esmond Knight Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot Unowned
Hay Petrie Woodcock Unowned
George Merritt Ned Horton Unowned
Edward Rigby Jim Horton Unowned
Freda Jackson Prudence Honeywood Unowned
Betty Jardine Fee Baker Unowned
Eliot Makeham Organist Unowned
Parry Jones Jr. Arthur Unowned
Beresford Egan P. C. Ovenden Unowned
Esma Cannon Agnes Unowned
Anthony Holles Sergt. Bassett Unowned
Maude Lambert Miss Grainger Unowned
Wallace Bosco A. R. P. Worker Unowned
Charles Paton Ernie Brooks Unowned
Jane Millican Susanna Foster Unowned
Michael Golden Sergt. Smale Unowned
John Slater Sergt. Len Unowned
Graham Moffatt Sergt. Stuffy Unowned
Judith Furse Dorothy Bird Unowned
Barbara Waring Polly Finn Unowned
Jean Shepeard Gwladys Swinton Unowned
Margaret Scudamore Mrs Colpeper Unowned
Joss Ambler Police Inspector Unowned
H.F. Maltby Mr. Portal Unowned
Eric Maturin Geoffrey's Father Unowned
George Hall Police Superintendent (uncredited) Unowned