Aug 21, 1944
125 min
Full-HD

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

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

Category

Mystery War Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

The Archers J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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

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