A Canterbury tale / Janus Films ; Independent Film Distributors ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Follow three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims - a landgirl, an American GI, and a British sergeant waylaid in the English countryside, forced to solve a bizarre village crime en route to a mythical town.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Powell, Michael, 1905-1990
Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988
Portman, Eric, 1901-1969
Sim, Sheila, 1922-2016
Price, Dennis, 1915-1973
Sweet, John
Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987
Hillier, Erwin, 1911-2005
Gray, Allan, 1902-1973
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published:Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Edition:[Second-disc special edition].
Series:Criterion collection ; 341.
Subjects:
Genre:Feature films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Crime films.
DVD-Video discs.
Fiction films.

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