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A Canterbury Tale

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NR 1949 · 2h 5m
Drama, Mystery, War
Starring Eric Portman · Sheila Sim · Dennis Price
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Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Theatrical
Jan 21, 1949
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 25, 2006
Directors
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Producers
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Music
Allan Gray
Studio
The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Keywords
england world war ii rural area wartime black and white railroad canterbury home front american in the uk
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Cast

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E
Eric Portman
Thomas Colpeper, JP
S
Sheila Sim
Alison Smith
D
Dennis Price
Peter Gibbs
C
Charles Hawtrey
Thomas Duckett
E
Esmond Knight
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
H
Hay Petrie
Woodcock
G
George Merritt
Ned Horton
E
Edward Rigby
Jim Horton
F
Freda Jackson
Prudence Honeywood
B
Betty Jardine
Fee Baker
E
Eliot Makeham
Organist
P
Parry Jones Jr.
Arthur
B
Beresford Egan
P. C. Ovenden
E
Esma Cannon
Agnes
A
Anthony Holles
Sergt. Bassett
M
Maude Lambert
Miss Grainger
W
Wallace Bosco
A. R. P. Worker
C
Charles Paton
Ernie Brooks
J
Jane Millican
Susanna Foster
M
Michael Golden
Sergt. Smale

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