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A Canterbury Tale   1944     3 stars    N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger  
Cast: 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

  Along the road to Canterbury, "Land Girl" Alison Smith (Sheila Sim), U.S. Army Sgt. Bob Johnson (Sergeant John Sweet), and British soldier Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price) become involved with a local prankster, "Glue Man," when he dumps glue on Alison's hair. The mysterious local magistrate (Eric Portman) helps as the trio tries to track down "Glue Man." In the process, they learn about the past and present English countryside, which ultimately leads to answers to their own personal troubles.



Cast
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim Alison Smith
Dennis Price Peter Gibbs
Sergeant John Sweet Bob Johnson
Esmond Knight Narrator/Seven-Sisters Soldier
Charles Hawtrey Thomas Duckett
Hay Petrie Woodcock
George Merritt Ned Horton
Edward Rigby Jim Horton
Freda Jackson Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham Organist

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