A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | A Canterbury Tale |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
Cast
John Sweet
(as Sergeant John Sweet U.S. Army)
Bob Johnson
Esmond Knight
soldat Seven-Sisters / byidioten
Charles Hawtrey
Thomas Duckett
Titles
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Crew
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| Screenplay | |
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| Director of Photography | |
| Music |
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| Production Designer | |
| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer |
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| Assistant Director |
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| Advisor |
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| Camera Operator |
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| Still Photographer |
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| Conductor | |
| Other Crew |
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| Narrator |
Cast
| Eric Portman | Thomas Colpeper, J.P. | ||
| Sheila Sim | Alison Smith | ||
| Dennis Price | sergeant Peter Gibbs | ||
| John Sweet (as Sergeant John Sweet U.S. Army) | Bob Johnson | ||
| Esmond Knight | soldat Seven-Sisters / byidioten | ||
| 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 | organisten | ||
| Harvey Golden | sergeant Roczinsky | ||
| Leonard Smith | Leslie | ||
| James Tamsitt | Terry | ||
| David Todd | David | ||
| Beresford Egan | poliskonstapel Ovenden | ||
| Anthony Holles (as Antony Holles) | sergeant Bassett | ||
| Maude Lambert | Miss Grainger | ||
| Wallace Bosco (as Wally Bosco) | luftskyddsarbetare | ||
| Charles Paton | Ernie Brooks | ||
| Jane Millican | Susanna Foster | ||
| John Slater | sergeant Len | ||
| Michael Golden | sergeant Smale | ||
| Graham Moffatt | sergeant "Stuffy" | ||
| Esma Cannon | Agnes | ||
| Mary Line | Leslies mor | ||
| Winifred Swaffer | Mrs. Horton | ||
| Michael Howard | |||
| Judith Furse | Dorothy Bird | ||
| Barbara Waring | Polly Finn | ||
| Jean Shepeard | Gwladys Swinton | ||
| Margaret Scudamore | Mrs. Colpeper | ||
| Joss Ambler | poliskommissarie | ||
| Jessie James | servitris | ||
| Kathleen Lucas | en förbipasserande | ||
| H.F. Maltby | Mr. Portal | ||
| Eric Maturin | Geoffreys far | ||
| Parry Jones Jr. (as Parry Jones Jnr.) | Arthur |
Companies
| Production Company | The Archers Film Productions | ||
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| Independent Producers Ltd. | ej krediterad | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Eagle-Lion Film AB | 1946 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 70205 |
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| Date | 1946-05-17 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Original length | 2520 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Western Electric Recording |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 3421 meter |
| Length in minutes | 125 min |
Production location
| Denham Studios | Denham, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom |
Release dates
| First showing | 1944-08-21 | United Kingdom | 125 min | |||
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| TV showing | 1993-06-09 | TV3 | Sweden | |||
| 1995-09-11 | TV3 | Sweden |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 2 |
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| Album | No |
