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A Canterbury Tale(1944)
Status: Released
Date: 1944-08-21
69%
120 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
Overview:
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
The Archers
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: A Canterbury Tale
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
Release Date
1944-08-21
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