A Canterbury Tale
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Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
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Principal cast & crew: 37
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Edited by John Seabourne SrShot by Erwin HillierScored by Allan GrayDesigned by Alfred Junge
Also known as
- Un racconto di Canterburyit
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Cast & Crew
37 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Eric Portman
as Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim
as Alison Smith
Dennis Price
as Sergeant Peter Gibbs
John Sweet
as Sergeant Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey
as Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay Petrie
as Woodcock
George Merritt
as Ned Horton
Edward Rigby
as Jim Horton
Freda Jackson
as Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine
as Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham
as Organist
Supporting cast
19Parry Jones Jr
as Arthur
Beresford Egan
as P. C. Ovenden
Esma Cannon
as Agnes
Anthony Holles
as Sergt. Bassett
Maude Lambert
as Miss Grainger
Wallace Bosco
as A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton
as Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican
as Susanna Foster
Michael Golden
as Sergt. Smale
John Slater
as Sergt. Len
Graham Moffatt
as Sergt. Stuffy
Judith Furse
as Dorothy Bird
Barbara Waring
as Polly Finn
Jean Shepeard
as Gwladys Swinton
Margaret Scudamore
as Mrs Colpeper
Joss Ambler
as Police Inspector
H F Maltby
as Mr. Portal
Eric Maturin
as Geoffrey's Father
George Hall
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)
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2Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
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