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 by Powell and Pressburger while he was stationed in England with the U.S. Army, who gives a wonderful
performance reminiscent of Will Rogers). Together they travel down the road to Canterbury, ...
Released:
1944
Rated:
NR
Length:
124 mins