TY  - GEN
N2  - During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has something poured on to her hair by an unseen attacker. She is the latest victim of the Glue Man, a nocturnal rogue who harasses young women who date American soldiers. She, along with Bob and Peter, vow to track him down. Ostensibly a mystery, the film is principally a portrait of the bucolic English countryside during wartime.
AB  - During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has something poured on to her hair by an unseen attacker. She is the latest victim of the Glue Man, a nocturnal rogue who harasses young women who date American soldiers. She, along with Bob and Peter, vow to track him down. Ostensibly a mystery, the film is principally a portrait of the bucolic English countryside during wartime.
T1  - A Canterbury tale
DA  - c2006.
CY  - [Irvington, NY] :
AU  - Powell, Michael,
AU  - Pressburger, Emeric,
AU  - Portman, Eric,
AU  - Sim, Sheila,
AU  - Price, Dennis,
AU  - Sweet, John,
AU  - Fuller, Graham,
AU  - Bagh, Peter von,
AU  - Burgin, Victor.
AU  - Jennings, Humphrey.
ET  - Special ed.
VL  - 341
CN  - PN1997
CN  - PN1997
PB  - Criterion Collection,
PP  - [Irvington, NY] :
LA  - In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PY  - c2006.
N1  - Originally produced as a British film in 1944.
N1  - Disc 2: the supplements: Sheila Sim interview [featurette] (20 min.); John Sweet: A pilgrim's return [featurette] (23 min.); A Canterbury trail [featurette] (24 min.); Listening to Britain [featurette] (7 min.); Listen to Britain [featurette] (19 min.).
N1  - Booklet includes essays "A Canterbury Tale: 'Glorious, isn't it?'" by Graham Fuller, "A tribute" by Peter von Bagh, and "The Making of A Canterbury tale" by John Sweet.
ID  - 436808
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Travelers
KW  - Country life
SN  - 1559409878
SN  - 9781559409872
TI  - A Canterbury tale
ER  -