"Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury."
Eric Portman
as Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim
as Alison Smith
Dennis Price
as Peter Gibbs
John Sweet
as Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey
as Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay Petrie
as Woodcock
George Merritt
as Ned Horton
Edward Rigby
as Jim Horton
Freda Jackson
as Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine
as Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham
as Organist
Parry Jones Jr.
as Arthur
Beresford Egan
as P. C. Ovenden
Esma Cannon
as Agnes
Anthony Holles
as Sergt. Bassett
Maude Lambert
as Miss Grainger
Wallace Bosco
as A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton
as Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican
as Susanna Foster
Michael Golden
as Sergt. Smale
John Slater
as Sergt. Len
Graham Moffatt
as Sergt. Stuffy
Judith Furse
as Dorothy Bird
Barbara Waring
as Polly Finn
Jean Shepeard
as Gwladys Swinton
Margaret Scudamore
as Mrs Colpeper
Joss Ambler
as Police Inspector
H.F. Maltby
as Mr. Portal
Eric Maturin
as Geoffrey's Father
George Hall
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Writer
Producer
John Seabourne Sr.
Editor
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Allan Gray
Original Music Composer
Alfred Junge
Production Design
George Paternoster
Boom Operator
Elliot Scott
Draughtsman
Third Assistant Director
Harold Hurdell
Jim Body
Clapper Loader
George Maynard
Production Manager
Miss Johnstone
Set Dresser
Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist
Alan Thorne
Sound Assistant
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist
Alan Whatley
J.H. Kay
Hilda Sheardown-Course
Hairstylist
Dorothy Edwards
Wardrobe Designer
W. Percy Day
Modeling
Arthur Breton
C. C. Stevens
Vocals