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A Canterbury Tale

 1944
 124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)
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Production Country

United Kingdom

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Directed by

Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Starring

Eric Portman · Sheila Sim · Dennis Price · John Sweet · Esmond Knight · Charles Hawtrey

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Release dates

US release date US release
21st January 1949
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
12th May 1944
Australia release date Australia release
31st January 1947

Certificates

US
Not Rated

Total grosses

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News from around the web
My favourite film: A Canterbury Tale | Movies  The Guardian Tue, 25th October 2011

Classic Film Review: A Wartime Allegory from Powell and Pressburger — “A Canterbury Tale” (1944)  rogersmovienation.com Wed, 19th July 2023

A Tribute: A Canterbury Tale  The Criterion Collection Mon, 24th July 2006

The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger Collection One  Trailers From Hell Sat, 4th October 2025

A pilgrim's progress: on the trail of A Canterbury Tale  The Guardian Fri, 9th August 2013

A Canterbury Tale: A Very British Spirituality . . . and European Too  Bright Lights Film Journal Sun, 1st March 2020