Canterbury Tale, A: The Criterion Collection (1944) Rating: Starring: Shelia Sim, Dennis Price, Eric Portman, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey, George Merritt, Hay Petrie, Edward Rigby, John Sweet Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Category: Drama, Suspense / Mystery, War Studio: Criterion Subtitles: English Length: 124 mins Want to buy?           The Criterion Collection, A Continuing Series of Important Classic and Contemporary Films Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims a melancholy "landgirl," a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant - who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following passionate enough to qualify as pilgrims themselves.