Today’s movie is a drama with scenes that happens on August 28. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
A CANTERBURY TALE
British Army Sergeant Peter Gibbs, US Army Sergeant Bob Johnson and Land Army Girl Alison Smith meet when they disembark at town of Chillingbourne. A man in a Land Army uniform pours glue in Alison’s hair. They meet the local magistrate, Thomas Colpeper and learn about the “glue man”, who has assaulted 10 other women. Colpeper refuses to hire Alison. The next day, August 28, 1943 [22:49 to 58:49] Alison persuades Bob to help her find the glue man. Alison goes to work for Mrs. Foster. We learn Bob’s girl hasn’t written to him in several months and that Alison’s fiancée was shot down in action. Alison talks to the other victims. Alison meets Sgt. Gibbs again, who is on maneuvers with his unit and they agree to go to Mr. Colpeper’s lecture that evening, where he invites the audience to drop by his house for a chat. Bob uncovers some evidence that points to Colpeper as being the glue man. The next day Bob persuades a group of local boys to look for clues on his behalf. During his visit to Colpeper’s house, Peter learns that the dates Colpeper was fire watching coincide with the dates of the glue man’s attacks. The boys extract a receipt for glue purchases from Mr. Colpeper’s trash. The next morning Peter, Bob and Alison, along with Mr. Colpeper travel by train to Canterbury. In the train this quartet have an elliptical conversation in which Colpeper, while not admitting he is the glue man justifies the glue attacks as a means to keep the local girls from going out with soldiers while their boyfriends are off in the armed forces. At the cathedral, Peter, who was a cinema organist in civilian life gets a chance to play the church’s organ. Alison goes to examine the old camping trailer that belonged to her and her fiancé and learns the stunning news that her fiancé, Geoffrey is alive. Bob learns that his girlfriend joined the WACs, got posted to Australia and that’s why her letters were delayed. Peter decides not to report Colpeper to the police and leaves with his unit for a combat mission.
36:15 “it’s Saturday”. The date of the attack on Alison is given at 1:06:54.
Producers - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Directors - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Screenwriters - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Runtime – 2 hours 4 minutes
Released - August 21, 1944
Starring –
John Sweet as Bob Johnson
Dennis Price as Peter Gibbs
Sheila Sim as Alison Smith
Eric Portman as Thomas Colpeper
Charles Hawtrey as Thomas Duckett
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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