
A Canterbury Tale
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
A Canterbury Tale
August 21, 1944
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Cast (31)

Eric Portman
Thomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila Sim
Alison Smith

Dennis Price
Peter Gibbs

John Sweet
Bob Johnson

Charles Hawtrey
Thomas Duckett

Esmond Knight
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Hay Petrie
Woodcock

George Merritt
Ned Horton

Edward Rigby
Jim Horton

Freda Jackson
Prudence Honeywood

Betty Jardine
Fee Baker

Eliot Makeham
Organist

Parry Jones Jr.
Arthur

Beresford Egan
P. C. Ovenden

Esma Cannon
Agnes

Anthony Holles
Sergt. Bassett

Maude Lambert
Miss Grainger

Wallace Bosco
A. R. P. Worker

Charles Paton
Ernie Brooks

Jane Millican
Susanna Foster

Michael Golden
Sergt. Smale

John Slater
Sergt. Len

Graham Moffatt
Sergt. Stuffy

Judith Furse
Dorothy Bird

Barbara Waring
Polly Finn

Jean Shepeard
Gwladys Swinton

Margaret Scudamore
Mrs Colpeper

Joss Ambler
Police Inspector

H.F. Maltby
Mr. Portal

Eric Maturin
Geoffrey's Father

George Hall
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Crew (29)
Directing
Writing

Michael Powell
Writer

Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Production
Sound

John Sweet
Vocals

Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist

Allan Gray
Original Music Composer

Alan Whatley
Sound Recordist

Alan Thorne
Sound Assistant

George Paternoster
Boom Operator

J.H. Kay
Sound Recordist

C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Art

Elliot Scott
Draughtsman

Harold Hurdell
Draughtsman

Miss Johnstone
Set Dresser

Alfred Junge
Production Design
Camera

Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography

Jim Body
Clapper Loader
Costume & Make-Up

George Blackler
Makeup Artist

Dorothy Edwards
Wardrobe Designer

Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist

Arthur Breton
Wardrobe Designer

Hilda Sheardown-Course
Hairstylist
Crew
No data availableEditing

John Seabourne Sr.
Editor
Lighting
No data availableVisual Effects

W. Percy Day
Modeling