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1944 | DIRECTED BY MICHAEL POWELL AND EMERIC PRESSBURGER

A Canterbury Tale

AKA
Um conto de Canterbury
Un conte de Canterbury
Un cuento de Canterbury
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Movie Stats
Year
1944
Runtime
 124 minutes (2 hrs 04 mins)
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Salty Popcorn Stats
First viewed:
24th Jul 2022
Last viewed:
2nd Aug 2025
Total views:
4
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
21st January 1949
76 years 8 months 11 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
31st January 1947
78 years 8 months 1 days ago
Portugal release date
 Portugal
24th July 1950
75 years 2 months 8 days ago
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Release: No UK cinema release.
US Release
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
michael powell
emeric pressburger
Starring
Thomas Colpeper, JP
Alison Smith
Sergeant Peter Gibbs
Sergeant Bob Johnson
Narrator
Thomas Duckett
Woodcock
Ned Horton
Jim Horton
Prudence Honeywood
Fee Baker
Organist
Sergt. Roczinsky
Leslie
Terry
David
P.C. Ovenden
Sergt. Bassett
Miss Grainger
Man A.R.P. Worker
Ernie Brooks
Susanna Foster
Sergt. Len
Sergt. Smale
Sergt. 'Stuffy'
Agnes
Leslie's Mother
Mrs. Horton
Archie
Dorothy Bird
Polly Finn
Gwladys Swinton
Mrs. Colpeper
Police Inspector
Waitress
Passer-by
Mr. Portal
Geoffrey's Father
Arthur
Johnson's Girl
Baby
Boy in River Battle
Friar
Hipman
Sergeant at Law
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Boy Firing Canon in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Peasant
Boy on Blacksmith's Wall
Bystander at Wheelwright's
Army Parade Bandmaster Entering Cathedral
2nd Nun
Peasant
Boy in River Battle
Boy
Boy in River Battle
Bellringer at Church
Tapister
Peasant
Police Superintendent in Mayoral Procession Entering Cathedral
Peasant
Boy in River Battle
Bystander at Wheelwright's
Bystander at Wheelwright's in Leather Jacket
Man Working Bellows at Wheelwright's
Nun's Priest
Peasant Girl
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Dyer
Manciple
Peasant
Ploughman
Alderman in Mayoral Procession Entering Cathedral
Monk
Peasant
Carpenter in Wheelwright's Workshop
Narrator
Cook
Pardoner
Reeve
Peasant Girl
Franklyn
Miller
Army Parade Drum Major Entering Cathedral
Summoner
Pedlar
Squire's Yeoman
Army Parade Drummer Boy and Bugler Entering Cathedral
Weaver
Wife of Bath
Doctor of Physic
Pointing Policeman at Canterbury West Gate
Squire and 1944 Soldier Watching Spitfire
Lookout Boy in River Battle
Chaucer
Goldsmith
Haberdasher
Water-Bearer
Clerk of Oxford
Prioress
Peasant
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Boy in River Battle
Merchant
Water-Bearer
Knight
Bystander at Wheelwright's - Cleetus
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UK Box Office Chart History
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North American Box Office Chart History
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Global Box Office Chart History
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* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
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35865
A Canterbury Tale
35866

Genres
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News from around the web
The Canterbury Tales | Summary, Prologue, Inn, Pilgrims, Characters, & Facts  Britannica Mon, 22nd September 2025

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

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

My favourite film: A Canterbury Tale | Movies  The Guardian Tue, 25th October 2011

Powell and Pressburger: the glueman cometh  The Arts Desk | Sat, 11th November 2023