Top billed cast

1. 

   Eric Portman

   Thomas Colpeper, JP

2. 

   Sheila Sim

   Alison Smith

3. 

   Dennis Price

   Peter Gibbs

4. 

   John Sweet

   Bob Johnson

5. 

   Charles Hawtrey

   Thomas Duckett

6. 

   Esmond Knight

   Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

7. 

   Hay Petrie

   Woodcock

8. 

   George Merritt

   Ned Horton

9. 

   Edward Rigby

   Jim Horton

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

This is a curious film to describe. In the best traditions of Chaucer, from whom the title is borrowed - it is a bit of an English whimsy. Not whimsical, not in any light and fluffy sense, but a story that though rooted in characterisations has something more intangible about it. This tale centres around three strangers who meet at railway station near Canterbury. "Alison" (Sheila Sim) is a naive, but determined land girl, "Peter" (Dennis Price) a British solider on a few days leave and "Bob" (John Sweet) - a young GI who accidentally gets off at the wrong stop. On their way to report to the t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• england
• world war ii
• wartime
• rural area
• black and white
• railroad
• canterbury
• home front
• american in the uk