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A Canterbury Tale (1944)
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A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury... See full summary » |
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Eric Portman | ... |
Thomas Colpeper, JP
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Sheila Sim | ... |
Alison Smith
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Dennis Price | ... |
Peter Gibbs
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John Sweet | ... |
Bob Johnson
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Narrator (non-US versions)
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Seven-Sisters Soldier
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Village Idiot
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Charles Hawtrey | ... |
Thomas Duckett
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Hay Petrie | ... |
Woodcock
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George Merritt | ... |
Ned Horton
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Edward Rigby | ... |
Jim Horton
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Freda Jackson | ... |
Prudence Honeywood
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Betty Jardine | ... |
Fee Baker
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Eliot Makeham | ... |
Organist
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Harvey Golden | ... |
Sergt. Roczinsky
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Leonard Smith | ... |
Leslie
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James Tamsitt | ... |
Terry
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Storyline
A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury. The town is being plagued by a mysterious "glue-man", who pours glue on the hair of girls dating soldiers after dark. The three attempt to track him down, and begin to have suspicions of the local magistrate, an eccentric figure with a strange, mystical vision of the history of England in general and Canterbury in particular. Written by David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>
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Four modern pilgrims in a story of today - yet away from war.Parents Guide:
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Budget:
$650,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Bob Johnson: Pity?
Thomas Colpeper, JP: Pity when you get home and people ask what you've seen in England and you say "Well I saw a movie in Salisbury. And I made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and I saw another one."
Bob Johnson: [laughs] You've got me all wrong. I know that in Canterbury I have to look out for a cathedral.
Thomas Colpeper, JP: Yes do look out for it. It's just behind the movie theatre. You can't miss it.
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(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould
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By 2004, the shop window overlooking the street from which John Sweet watches the parade in the film's final scene (adjacent to the Cathedral) belonged to a Starbuck's. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sgt Bob Johnson says that his father states that a crib made out of Lebonon Cedar, which is good enough for Soloman, is good enough for someone from Johnson County. Earlier Sgt. Johnson stated he was from Oregon. There is no Johnson County in Oregon. See more »Quotes
Thomas Colpeper, JP: Pity.Bob Johnson: Pity?
Thomas Colpeper, JP: Pity when you get home and people ask what you've seen in England and you say "Well I saw a movie in Salisbury. And I made a pilgrimage to Canterbury and I saw another one."
Bob Johnson: [laughs] You've got me all wrong. I know that in Canterbury I have to look out for a cathedral.
Thomas Colpeper, JP: Yes do look out for it. It's just behind the movie theatre. You can't miss it.
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Soundtracks
"Onward Christian Soldiers"(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould
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