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Saturday Cinema: A Canterbury Tale

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Eric Portman Sheila Sim Dennis Price
Three wartime pilgrims on their way to Canterbury converge on the quiet
Kentish village of Chillingbourne. There girls are afraid to go out at night because of attacks by the mysterious 'glueman' ...
Written, produced and directed by MICHAEL POWELL and EMERIC PRESSBURGER
0 IN THE PICTURE: page 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Portman
Unknown:
Sheila Sim
Directed By:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Emeric Pressburger
Thomas V:
Eric Portman
Alison Smith:
Sheila Sim
Bob Johnson:
Sgt John Sweet
Peter Gibbs:
Dennis Price
Narrator/Seven-Sisters soldier/ Village idiot:
Esmond Knight
Thomas:
Charles Hawtrey
Woodcock:
Hay Petrie
Ned Horton:
George Merritt
Jim Horton:
Edward Rigby
Prudence:
Freda Jackson
Source: Radio Times

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