A Canterbury Tale

1944, Movie, NR, 124 mins

A Canterbury Tale: Review

A mighty strange movie, one that updates Chaucer's story to wartime Britain. Portman is a rural justice of the peace who takes it upon himself to look out for the GIs stationed near him. To protect his charges from the seductive wiles of the local girls, he takes to sneaking in to the girls' rooms during blackouts and pouring glue over their heads. He is found out by London shopgirl-turned-farmer Sim, British tank sergeant Price and GI Sweet (an Ohio schoolteacher discovered... read more leave a comment

A Canterbury Tale: Cast & Details

Year: 1944
Rated NR

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Cast
Eric Portman: Thomas Colpepper, J.P.
Sheila Sim: Joan Webster
Dennis Price: Sgt. Peter Gibbs
Sgt. John Sweet: Bob Johnson
Esmond Knight: Narrator/ Soldier/Idiot
Charles Hawtrey: Thomas Duckett

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