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A Canterbury Tale
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1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
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6.9Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Released: 1944-08-21125 minDir: Michael PowellMystery, War, Drama
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Cast
- Eric Portman as Thomas Colpeper, JP
- Sheila Sim as Alison Smith
- Dennis Price as Peter Gibbs
- John Sweet as Bob Johnson
- Charles Hawtrey as Thomas Duckett
- Esmond Knight as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Themes
- england
- world war ii
- wartime
- rural area
- black and white
- railroad
- canterbury
- home front
- american in the uk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Emeric Pressburger
- Screenwriter
- Michael Powell
- Composer
- Allan Gray
- Producer
- Michael Powell
- Narrative location
- Kent
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 194596
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- title
- A Canterbury Tale
- production designer
- Alfred Junge
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
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