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A Canterbury Tale (1944) 7.5
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... See full summary » |
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Cast
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Eric Portman | ... |
Thomas Colpeper, JP
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Sheila Sim | ... |
Alison Smith
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Peter Gibbs
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John Sweet | ... |
Bob Johnson
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Charles Hawtrey | ... |
Thomas Duckett
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Hay Petrie | ... |
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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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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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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 January 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Canterbury mesék See more »Box Office
Budget:
$650,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Jim Horton: There wasn't nothing on the wireless.
Alison Smith: No I didn't mean that sort of news. I meant what happened here last night.
Ned Horton: We get all our local news at 6 o'clock, Miss.
Bob Johnson: You got a local newspaper?
Ned Horton: No. That's when the pub opens.
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(uncredited)
Written by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, and Walter Ridley
Heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Because Canterbury Cathedral's windows had been taken out because of the air raids, the interior of the cathedral was rebuilt in Denham Studio. See more »Goofs
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
Alison Smith: Did you hear the news about last night Mr. Horton?Jim Horton: There wasn't nothing on the wireless.
Alison Smith: No I didn't mean that sort of news. I meant what happened here last night.
Ned Horton: We get all our local news at 6 o'clock, Miss.
Bob Johnson: You got a local newspaper?
Ned Horton: No. That's when the pub opens.
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Soundtracks
"Commando Patrol"(uncredited)
Written by Allan Gray, Stan Bowsher, and Walter Ridley
Heard in the background during Johnson and Gibbs's scene in the lobby of the Hand of Glory
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My first amazed viewing of this spiritually uplifting film was on a wet Sunday afternoon about fifteen years ago. I was thoroughly depressed for various reasons, but by the end of this movie, the entire world had subtly transformed itself. The delivery of the "message" of this film may seem, to modern audiences, naively done, but its power to move surely remains as robustly valid today as it must have been to audiences in war-torn Britain. (I have not seen the American version.)This is a feel-good film of the very first order.
The photography is geared towards presenting the glory of the English countryside, and beautifully conveys an England which was fast disappearing by the time war broke out. Watch especially for the shots of Alison on the downs just after looking towards Canterbury. Gorgeous!
You will either love or hate this film, but you MUST see it if you have not already done so. I've just bought it on DVD, and am ditching various copies taped from TV over the years.
PS: If anyone with any influence at Carlton reads this, please urgently consider transcribing "I Know Where I'm Going" - another fine Powell/Pressburger movie - onto DVD.