A Canterbury Tale (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price. Inspired by it's medieval namesake, this unusual British film from the writing/directing team of Powell and Pressburger depicts the unexpected journey of a justice of the peace, a shop girl-turned-farmer and two soldiers during the war. 2 DVDs. 1944/b&w/124 min/NR/fullscreen.

Starring: Charles Hawtrey, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Antony Holles, Wally Bosco, Anthony Holles, Barbara Waring, Beresford Egan, David Todd, Eric Maturin, H.F. Maltby, Harvey Golden, James Tamsitt, Jeanne Shepherd, Judith Furse, Kim Hunter, Michael Golden, Esmond Knight, George Merritt, Hay Petrie, Edward Rigby, Freda Jackson, Betty Jardine, Eliot Makeham, Leonard Smith, Charles Paton, Jane Millican, John Slater, Graham Moffatt, Esma Cannon, Michael Howard, Margaret Scudamore, Joss Ambler, H. F. Maltby

Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell