

The Canterbury Tales
September 2, 1972•1h 51m•★ 6.1
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“From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!”
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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Director
Pier Paolo PasoliniCast

Hugh Griffith
Sir January

Laura Betti
The Wife from Bath

Ninetto Davoli
Perkin

Franco Citti
Devil

Josephine Chaplin
May

Alan Webb
Old Man

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Geoffrey Chaucer

Vernon Dobtcheff
The Franklin

Jenny Runacre
Alison
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Adrian Street
Fighter

Derek Deadman
The Pardoner

Nicholas Smith
Friar
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Orla Pederson
Pilgrim
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J.P. Van Dyne
The Cook
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George Bethell Datch
Host of the Tabard
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Dan Thomas
Nicholas

Michael Balfour
The Carpenter
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Peter Cain
Absalom
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Daniele Buckler
Pilgrim
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John Francis Lane
Greedy Friar



