Movie · 1972
The Canterbury Tales
“From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!”
Released 2 September 1972 111 min Comedy / History / Drama More from 1972 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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How old were they?
Alan Webb
as Old Man
Hugh Griffith
as Sir January
Michael Balfour
as The Carpenter
Pier Paolo Pasolini
as Geoffrey Chaucer
Orla Pederson
as Pilgrim
Laura Betti
as The Wife from Bath
Vernon Dobtcheff
as The Franklin
Nicholas Smith
as Friar
Tom Baker
as Jenkin
Franco Citti
as Devil
Derek Deadman
as The Pardoner
Adrian Street
as Fighter
Jenny Runacre
as Alison
Ninetto Davoli
as Perkin
Josephine Chaplin
as May
Robin Askwith
as Rufus
Phil Davis
as 2nd Homosexual Lover (uncredited)
J.P. Van Dyne
as The Cook
George Bethell Datch
as Host of the Tabard
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The numbers
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Alan Webb — oldest on the call sheet
19Phil Davis — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast