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The Canterbury Tales   1972         NC-17, 109 min. Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini   Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Franco Citti, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, J.P. Van Dyne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Adrian Street, O.T., Derek Deadman, George Bethell Datch, Nicolas Smith, Dan Thomas   Following "The Decameron" (1971), Pier Paolo Pasolini is back with his second bawdy classic. Several of Chaucer's tales, including those of the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Cook, the Merchant, the Miller, the Summoner, and the Reeve are told with both humor and drama. The stories reveal 14th-Century English culture—including sexual, social, and political life. Cast Hugh Griffith Sir January Laura Betti Wife of Bath Ninetto Davoli Perkin Josephine Chaplin May Franco Citti The Devil Alan Webb Old Man Pier Paolo Pasolini Geoffrey Chaucer J.P. Van Dyne The Cook Vernon Dobtcheff The Franklin Adrian Street Fighter O.T. Chief Witch-Hunter Derek Deadman The Pardoner George Bethell Datch Host of the Tabard Nicolas Smith Friar Dan Thomas Nichols