Synopsis
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Movie Information
- Director
- Emeric Pressburger
- Writers
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Release Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 125 minutes
- Genre
- Mystery, War, Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (132 votes)
Top Cast
Eric Portman
Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim
Alison Smith
Dennis Price
Peter Gibbs
John Sweet
Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey
Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay Petrie
Woodcock
George Merritt
Ned Horton
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