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A Canterbury Tale

6.9 / 10

125 minutes

1944-08-21

English

GB

Actors :

Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Charles Hawtrey, Esmond Knight, Hay Petrie, George Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham, Parry Jones Jr., Beresford Egan, Esma Cannon

Description

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/28/2022, 10:27:26 AM

This is a curious film to describe. In the best traditions of Chaucer, from whom the title is borrowed - it is a bit of an English whimsy. Not whimsical, not in any light and fluffy sense, but a story that though rooted in characterisations has something more intangible about it. This tale centres around three strangers who meet at railway station near Canterbury. "Alison" (Sheila Sim) is a naive,...