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A Canterbury Tale

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

Director

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, mystery

Box Office

N/A

Production

The Archers,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Awards

N/A

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Thomas Colpeper, JP

Alison Smith

Peter Gibbs

Bob Johnson

Narrator (non-US versions)

Thomas Duckett

Charles Hawtrey

Woodcock

Ned Horton

Jim Horton

Prudence Honeywood

Fee Baker

Organist

Sergt. Roczinsky

Leslie

Terry

David

P.C. Ovenden

Sergt. Bassett

Miss Grainger

Man A.R.P. Worker

Ernie Brooks

Susanna Foster

Sergt. Len

Sergt. Smale

Sergt. 'Stuffy'

Agnes

Leslie's Mother

Mrs. Horton

Winifred Swaffer

Archie

Dorothy Bird

Polly Finn

Gwladys Swinton

Mrs. Colpeper

Margaret Scudamore

Police Inspector

Waitress

Passer-by

Mr. Portal

Geoffrey's Father

Arthur

Parry Jones Jr.

Johnson's Girl (US release)

Baby

Boy in River Battle

Friar

Hipman

Sergeant at Law

Boy in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Derek V. Browne

Boy Firing Canon in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Peasant

Boy on Blacksmith's Wall

Bystander at Wheelwright's

Army Parade Bandmaster Entering Cathedral

2nd Nun

Peasant

Boy in River Battle

Boy

Boy in River Battle

Bellringer at Church

Dean Fredericks

Tapister

Peasant

Police Superintendent in Mayoral Procession Entering Cathedral

Peasant

Boy in River Battle

Bystander at Wheelwright's

Bystander at Wheelwright's in Leather Jacket

Man Working Bellows at Wheelwright's

Nun's Priest

Peasant Girl

Boy in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Dyer

Manciple

Peasant

Ploughman

Alderman in Mayoral Procession Entering Cathedral

Charles Lefèvre

Monk

Peasant

Carpenter in Wheelwright's Workshop

Narrator (US version)

Cook

Pardoner

Reeve

Peasant Girl

Franklyn

Miller

Army Parade Drum Major Entering Cathedral

Summoner

Pedlar

Squire's Yeoman

Army Parade Drummer Boy and Bugler Entering Cathedral

Weaver

Wife of Bath

Doctor of Physic

Pointing Policeman at Canterbury West Gate

Squire and 1944 Soldier Watching Spitfire

Lookout Boy in River Battle

Chaucer

Gerik Schjelderup

Goldsmith

Haberdasher

Water-Bearer

Clerk of Oxford

Prioress

Peasant

Boy in River Battle

Charlie Tamsitt

Boy in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Boy in River Battle

Timothy Tragett

Merchant

Water-Bearer

Knight

Bystander at Wheelwright's - Cleetus

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Thomas Colpeper, Jp Bob Johnson Alison Smith Jim Horton Ned Horton Sergt. Roczinsky Passer-by Prudence Honeywood

Alas, - A Canterbury Tale

He's inside, nowhere else he could be. - A Canterbury Tale

He's inside, nowhere else he could be.

I'm getting tired of this old
Glue Man spoiling our games. - A Canterbury Tale

I'm getting tired of this old Glue Man spoiling our gam...

There's a light in the courtroom. - A Canterbury Tale

There's a light in the courtroom.

Gee, what a job. - A Canterbury Tale

Gee, what a job.

Is it coming out - A Canterbury Tale

Is it coming out

Say what's that - A Canterbury Tale

Say what's that

And I made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and I saw another one - A Canterbury Tale

And I made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and I saw another one

Uh, Mrs. Foster won't be long now, miss. - A Canterbury Tale

Uh, Mrs. Foster won't be long now, miss.

8:00, Bob. - A Canterbury Tale

What's that? - A Canterbury Tale

♫ Oh, come, come, come - A Canterbury Tale

♫ Oh, come, come, come

Ah! - A Canterbury Tale

Up north, was you? - A Canterbury Tale

Up north, was you?

Did you hear the news about last night - A Canterbury Tale

Did you hear the news about last night

Can I give you a hand there, ma'am? - A Canterbury Tale

Can I give you a hand there, ma'am?

What a perfect place. - A Canterbury Tale

What a perfect place.

What wouldn't I give to grow
old in a place like that? - A Canterbury Tale

What wouldn't I give to grow old in a place like that?

You won't get much of a view I'm afraid - A Canterbury Tale

You won't get much of a view I'm afraid

Not heaven itself
upon the past has power, - A Canterbury Tale

Not heaven itself upon the past has power,

There are more ways than one - A Canterbury Tale

There are more ways than one

Here we go, - A Canterbury Tale

Hello, there. - A Canterbury Tale

Can we have a talk now? - A Canterbury Tale

Can we have a talk now?

Okay, onto the bank. - A Canterbury Tale

Okay, onto the bank.

Fire at will, fire! - A Canterbury Tale

Fire at will, fire!

Excuse me, can you tell me anything-- - A Canterbury Tale

Excuse me, can you tell me anything--

Miss Winter? - A Canterbury Tale

Good morning. - A Canterbury Tale

That gives us two on Tuesday, - A Canterbury Tale

That gives us two on Tuesday,

Well, anyway, our
dates are still incomplete. - A Canterbury Tale

Well, anyway, our dates are still incomplete.

He'll be here in a moment. - A Canterbury Tale

He'll be here in a moment.

Hello, salvage again? - A Canterbury Tale

Hello, salvage again?

I ought to be going now, sir. - A Canterbury Tale

I ought to be going now, sir.

Hello. - A Canterbury Tale

Did you hear anything - A Canterbury Tale

Did you hear anything

Thank goodness he didn't come in here. - A Canterbury Tale

Thank goodness he didn't come in here.

Pilgrims for Canterbury, - A Canterbury Tale

Pilgrims for Canterbury,

I'm looking for the police station. - A Canterbury Tale

I'm looking for the police station.

Sergeant? - A Canterbury Tale

Good morning, Doctor Colte. - A Canterbury Tale

Good morning, Doctor Colte.

Excuse me, sir. - A Canterbury Tale

Excuse me, sir.

Do you mind my looking at
the organ for a moment, sir? - A Canterbury Tale

Do you mind my looking at the organ for a moment, sir?

Are you the organist, sir? - A Canterbury Tale

Are you the organist, sir?

And my dad's pa built
the first Baptist church - A Canterbury Tale

And my dad's pa built the first Baptist church

Excuse me, would you mind telling me, - A Canterbury Tale

Excuse me, would you mind telling me,

It is an awful mess I don't blame you - A Canterbury Tale

It is an awful mess I don't blame you

Excuse me. - A Canterbury Tale

Rude. - A Canterbury Tale

What happened to the tires? - A Canterbury Tale

What happened to the tires?

I knew I should find you here. - A Canterbury Tale

I knew I should find you here.

I must open the windows! - A Canterbury Tale

I must open the windows!

Hey let's have some tea first huh - A Canterbury Tale

Hey let's have some tea first huh

It's your Superintendent Hall, want him? - A Canterbury Tale

It's your Superintendent Hall, want him?

In 293, - A Canterbury Tale

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Writer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Production: The Archers,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Genre: comedy, drama, mystery

Year: 1944

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Jan 1949

Awards: N/A

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