A CANTERBURY TALE (CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1944
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy “landgirl,” a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following of devotees passionate enough to qualify as pilgrims themselves.
• Cast: J. Purchase, Mila Raymanova, Glyn Rolands, James Sadler, Roy Samson, G.R. Schjelderup, C. Semphill, F. Sequin, John Shuggs, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, Hay Petrie, George Merritt, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham, Harvey Golden, Leonard Smith, James Tamsitt, David Todd, Beresford Egan, Anthony Holles, Maude Lambert, Wallace Bosco, Charles Paton, Jane Millican, John Slater, Michael Golden, Graham Moffatt, Esma Cannon, Mary Line, Winifred Swaffer, Michael Howard, Judith Furse, Barbara Waring, Jean Shepeard, Margaret Scudamore, Joss Ambler, Jessie James, Kathleen Lucas, H.F. Maltby, Eric Maturin, Parry Jones Jr., Kim Hunter, Raymond Massey, Baby Alder, David Babcock, W. Ballie, Mr. Bird, Billy Bray, Derek V. Browne, Les Brown, Denis Bugden, Donald Bugden, Mr. Carter, John Clark, Bill Clover, George Curran, Miss Dixon, Mr. Dove, Cliff Elvidge, Roy Fisher, Dean Fredericks, T. Gilbert, Mr. Gregory, George Hall, Mrs. Hendry, Jim Holland, Ben Horton, Eric Horton, Neville Horton, A.W. Jennings, G. Keeys, Dennis Kennett, Dick Kerry, M. Kirby, R. Kirby, Mr. Klaiber, Victor Large, Charles Lefèvre, J. Lomas, Miss Marr, Mike Martin, Jack May, H. Michael, George Miller, G. Moore, Link Neal, A. Noble, Reg Pattenden, H. Pearce, Ralph Poole, C. Pucinelli, Sid Pullman, Vincent Russel, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• Director: Michael Powell
• Runtime: 2:05
• Company: Granada International Media, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie