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A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale
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A Canterbury Tale
1944
2h 5m
6.9(120 votes)
Mystery
War
Drama

Overview

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

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31 members
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Eric Portman

Thomas Colpeper, JP

Eric Portman
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Sheila Sim

Alison Smith

Sheila Sim
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Dennis Price

Peter Gibbs

Dennis Price
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John Sweet

Bob Johnson

John Sweet
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Charles Hawtrey

Thomas Duckett

Charles Hawtrey
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Esmond Knight

Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Esmond Knight
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Hay Petrie

Woodcock

Hay Petrie
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George Merritt

Ned Horton

George Merritt
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Edward Rigby

Jim Horton

Edward Rigby
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Freda Jackson

Prudence Honeywood

Freda Jackson
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Betty Jardine

Fee Baker

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Eliot Makeham

Organist

Eliot Makeham
Directing

Parry Jones Jr.

Arthur

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Beresford Egan

P. C. Ovenden

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Esma Cannon

Agnes

Esma Cannon
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Anthony Holles

Sergt. Bassett

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Maude Lambert

Miss Grainger

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Wallace Bosco

A. R. P. Worker

Wallace Bosco
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Charles Paton

Ernie Brooks

Charles Paton
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Jane Millican

Susanna Foster

Jane Millican
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Michael Golden

Sergt. Smale

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John Slater

Sergt. Len

John Slater
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Graham Moffatt

Sergt. Stuffy

Graham Moffatt
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Judith Furse

Dorothy Bird

Judith Furse
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Barbara Waring

Polly Finn

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Jean Shepeard

Gwladys Swinton

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Margaret Scudamore

Mrs Colpeper

Margaret Scudamore
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Joss Ambler

Police Inspector

Joss Ambler
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H.F. Maltby

Mr. Portal

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Eric Maturin

Geoffrey's Father

Eric Maturin
Acting

George Hall

Police Superintendent (uncredited)

George Hall

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