21 August 1944 Drama, Mystery, War 125 mins
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
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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
Hay Petrie as Woodcock
George Merritt as Ned Horton
Edward Rigby as Jim Horton
Freda Jackson as Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine as Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham as Organist
Parry Jones Jr. as Arthur
Beresford Egan as P. C. Ovenden
Esma Cannon as Agnes
Anthony Holles as Sergt. Bassett
Emeric Pressburger Director
Michael Powell Director
Emeric Pressburger Writer
Michael Powell Writer
Emeric Pressburger Producer
John Seabourne Sr. Editor
Michael Powell Producer
Erwin Hillier Director of Photography
Allan Gray Original Music Composer
Alfred Junge Production Design
George Paternoster Boom Operator
Elliot Scott Draughtsman
Parry Jones Jr. Third Assistant Director
Harold Hurdell Draughtsman
Jim Body Clapper Loader
George Maynard Production Manager
United Kingdom 21 August 1944
Sweden 25 April 1981
United States 21 January 1949
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