A Canterbury Tale

Synopsis

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

Cast

Eric PortmanThomas Colpeper, JP

Sheila SimAlison Smith

Dennis PricePeter Gibbs

John SweetBob Johnson

Charles HawtreyThomas Duckett

Esmond KnightNarrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Hay PetrieWoodcock

George MerrittNed Horton

Edward RigbyJim Horton

Freda JacksonPrudence Honeywood

Betty JardineFee Baker

Eliot MakehamOrganist

Parry Jones Jr.Arthur

Beresford EganP. C. Ovenden

Esma CannonAgnes

Anthony HollesSergt. Bassett

Maude LambertMiss Grainger

Wallace BoscoA. R. P. Worker

Charles PatonErnie Brooks

Jane MillicanSusanna Foster

Crew

Director

Michael Powell

Director

Emeric Pressburger

Director of Photography

Erwin Hillier

Editor

John Seabourne Sr.

Original Music Composer

Allan Gray

Third Assistant Director

Parry Jones Jr.

Writer

Michael Powell

Writer

Emeric Pressburger