British Comedy Guide

A Canterbury Tale

  • 1944 film

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Cast & crew credits

Cast
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim Alison Smith
Dennis Price Peter Gibbs
John Sweet (as Sergt. John Sweet, US Army) Bob Johnson
Esmond Knight Seven-Sisters Soldier
Esmond Knight Village Idiot
Charles Hawtrey Thomas Duckett
Hay Petrie Woodcock
George Merritt Ned Horton
Edward Rigby Jim Horton
Freda Jackson Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham Organist
Harvey Golden Sergt. Roczinsky
Leonard Smith Leslie
James Tamsitt Terry
David Todd David
Beresford Egan PC Ovenden
Anthony Holles (as Antony Holles) Sergt. Bassett
Maude Lambert Miss Grainger
Wallace Boscoe (as Wally Bosco) Man A.R.P. Worker
Charles Paton Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican Susanna Foster
John Slater Sergt. Len
Michael Golden Sergt. Smale
Graham Moffatt Sergt. 'Stuffy'
Esma Cannon Agnes
Mary Line Leslie's Mother
Winifred Swaffer Mrs. Horton
Michael Howard Archie
Judith Furse Dorothy Bird
Barbara Waring Polly Finn
Jean Shepeard Gwladys Swinton
Margaret Scudamore Mrs. Colpeper
Joss Ambler Police Inspector
Jessie James Waitress
Kathleen Lucas Passer-by
H.F. Maltby Mr. Portal
Eric Maturin Geoffrey's Father
Parry Jones Jnr Arthur
Esmond Knight Narrator
Writing team
Michael Powell Writer
Emeric Pressburger Writer
Production team
Michael Powell Director
Emeric Pressburger Director
Michael Powell Producer
Emeric Pressburger Producer
John Seabourne Editor
Alfred Junge Production Designer
Erwin Hillier Director of Photography
Allan Gray Composer
Walter Goehr Conductor
George R. Busby (as George Busby) 1st Assistant Director

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