A Canterbury Tale

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

Discover

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

Edward Rigby

Jim Horton

Freda Jackson

Prudence Honeywood

Betty Jardine

Fee Baker

Eliot Makeham

Organist

Beresford Egan

P. C. Ovenden

Anthony Holles

Sergt. Bassett

Maude Lambert

Miss Grainger

Wallace Bosco

A. R. P. Worker

Charles Paton

Ernie Brooks

Jane Millican

Susanna Foster

Michael Golden

Sergt. Smale

John Slater

Sergt. Len

Graham Moffatt

Sergt. Stuffy

Judith Furse

Dorothy Bird

Barbara Waring

Polly Finn

Jean Shepeard

Gwladys Swinton

Margaret Scudamore

Mrs Colpeper

Joss Ambler

Police Inspector

H.F. Maltby

Mr. Portal

Eric Maturin

Geoffrey's Father

George Hall

Police Superintendent (uncredited)

Art

Alfred Junge

Production Design

Elliot Scott

Draughtsman

Harold Hurdell

Draughtsman

Miss Johnstone

Set Dresser

Camera

Erwin Hillier

Director of Photography

Jim Body

Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Ernest Gasser

Assistant Makeup Artist

Dorothy Edwards

Wardrobe Designer

Arthur Breton

Wardrobe Designer

Directing

Michael Powell

Director

Parry Jones Jr.

Third Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Michael Powell

Producer

George Maynard

Production Manager

Sound

Allan Gray

Original Music Composer

George Paternoster

Boom Operator

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Alan Thorne

Sound Assistant

Alan Whatley

Sound Recordist

J.H. Kay

Sound Recordist

C. C. Stevens

Sound Recordist

John Sweet

Vocals

Writing

Art

Alfred Junge

Production Design

Elliot Scott

Draughtsman

Harold Hurdell

Draughtsman

Miss Johnstone

Set Dresser

Camera

Erwin Hillier

Director of Photography

Jim Body

Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Ernest Gasser

Assistant Makeup Artist

Dorothy Edwards

Wardrobe Designer

Arthur Breton

Wardrobe Designer

Directing

Michael Powell

Director

Parry Jones Jr.

Third Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Michael Powell

Producer

George Maynard

Production Manager

Sound

Allan Gray

Original Music Composer

George Paternoster

Boom Operator

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Alan Thorne

Sound Assistant

Alan Whatley

Sound Recordist

J.H. Kay

Sound Recordist

C. C. Stevens

Sound Recordist

John Sweet

Vocals

Writing