Credited cast edit
Main characters edit
- John Sweet-Bob Johnson
- Dennis Price-Peter Gibbs
- Sheila Sim-Alison Smith
- Eric Portman-Thomas Culpeper
Supporting edit
- Esmond Knight - Narrator, Seven Sisters Soldier, and Village Idiot
- Charles Hawtrey - Thomas Duckett, stationmaster
- Hay Petrie- Woodcock
- George Merritt - Ned Horton
- Edward Rigby - Jim Horton
- Freda Jackson - Prudence (Pru) Honeywood
- Betty Jardine - Fee Baker
- Eliot Makeham - Organist
- Harvey Golden - Sergt. Roczinsky
- Leonard Smith - Leslie
- James Tamsitt - Terry
- David Todd - David
- Beresford Egan - P.C. Ovenden
- Anthony Holles - Sergt. Bassett
- Maude Lambert - Miss Grainger
- Wallace Bosco - Man A.R.P. Worker (as Wally Bosco)
- Charles Paton - Ernie Brooks
- Jane Millican - Susanna Foster
- John Slater - Sergt. Len
- Michael Golden - Sergt. Smale
- Graham Moffatt - Sergt. 'Stuffy'
- Esma Cannon - Agnes
- Mary Line - Leslie's Mother
- Winifred Swaffer - Mrs. Horton
- Michael Howard - Archie
- Judith Furse - Dorothy Bird
- Barbara Waring - Polly Finn
- Jean Shepeard - Gwladys Swinton
- Margaret Scudamore - Mrs. Colpeper
- Joss Ambler - Police Inspector
- Jessie James - Waitress
- Kathleen Lucas - Passer-by
- H.F. Maltby - Mr. Portal
- Eric Maturin - Geoffrey's Father
- Parry Jones Jr. - Arthur (as Parry Jones Jnr.)
US release edit
- Kim Hunter - Johnson's Girl (US release)
- Raymond Massey - Narrator (US version) (voice)
Uncredited cast edit
Pilgrims scene edit
Pilgrims edit
- W. Ballie - The Friar
- Mr. Bird - The Shipman
- Billy Bray - Sergeant at Law
- Miss Dixon - Second Nun
- T. Gilbert - The Tapister
- A.W. Jennings - Nun's Priest
- M. Kirby - The Dyer
- R. Kirby - The Manciple
- Link Neal - The Franklyn
- A. Noble - The Miller
- Victor Large - The Ploughman
- J. Lomas - The Monk
- Jack May - The Cook
- H. Michael - The Pardoner
- George Miller - The Reeve
- James Sadler - The Squire and 1944 soldier watching spitfire
- G.R. Schjelderup - Chaucer
- C. Semphill - The Goldsmith
- H. Pearce - The Summoner
- Ralph Poole - Pedlar
- C. Pucinelli - Squire's Yeoman
- J. Purchase - The Weaver
- Mila Raymanova - Wife of Bath
- Glyn Rolands - Doctor of Physic
- F. Sequin - The Haberdasher
- Martin Smith - Clerk of Oxford
- C. Spencer - The Prioress
- H. Walter - The Merchant
- Billy Wells - The Knight
- John Shuggs - Water Carrier
- Eric Waters - Water Carrier
Peasants edit
Mr. Carter, Mr. Dove, Mr. Gregory, Mrs. Hendry, G. Keeys Mr. Klaiber, Mr. Stone, Miss Marr, G. Moore
Boys in river battle edit
David Babcock, Derek V. Browne, Les Brown, Denis Bugden, Donald Bugden, Cliff Elvidge, Roy Fisher, Jim Holland, Dennis Kennett, Dick Kerry, Roy Samson, Charlie Tamsitt, Brian Todd, Ben Tragett, Robert Tragett and Timothy Tragett
Blacksmith's edit
- John Clark - Boy on wall at blacksmiths
- Bill Clover - Bystander at wheelwright's
- Ben Horton - Bystander at wheelwright's
- Eric Horton - Bystander at wheelwright's (in leather jacket)
- Neville Horton - Bystander at wheelwright's (working the forge bellows)
- Mike Martin - Carpenter in wheelwright's workshop
- William Wood - Bystander at wheelwright's - Cleetus
Other edit
Chillingbourne edit
- Dean Fredericks - Bellringer at Church
- Baby Alder - Baby
Canterbury edit
- George Curran - Bandmaster in Army parade entering Cathedral
- George Hall - Police Superintendent in Mayoral procession entering Cathedral
- Charles Lefèvre - Alderman in Mayoral procession entering Cathedral
- Reg Pattenden - Drum Major in Army parade entering Cathedral
- Sid Pullman - Drummer boy and bugler in Army parade entering Cathedral
- Vincent Russel - Pointing Policeman at West Gate, Canterbury
Crew edit
- Photographed by (cinematography) Erwin Hillier
- Film editing by John Seabourne
- Recorded by C. C. Stevens and Desmond Dew
- Exteriors recorded by Alan Whatley
- Production Manager - George Maynard
- Assistant Director - George Busby
- Period Advisor (for Chaucerian era scenes) - Herbert Norris
- Music composed by Allan Gray
- Music conducted by Walter Goehr
- Production designed by Alfred Junge
- Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- Jock Laurence - producer: additional scenes in US version
Uncredited crew edit
Makeup Department edit
- George Blackler - makeup artist
- Ernest Gasser - assistant makeup artist
- Hilda Sheardown-Course - hair stylist
Assistant directors edit
- George Aldersley - second assistant director
- John Arnold - second assistant director
- Parry Jones Jr. - third assistant director
Art Department edit
- Harold Batchelor - construction manager
- A. Hetherington - stand-by props
- Arthur Hetherington - props
- Harold Hurdell - draughtsman
- Miss Johnstone - set dresser
- William Kellner - draughtsman
- William Leather - location constructor
- Mike Martin - master carpenter
- Harry Parr - buyer
- Elliot Scott - draughtsman
- Bill Shaw - stand-by carpenter
- E. Thompson - property manager
- H. Westbrook - draughtsman
- Herbert Westbrook - draughtsman
Sound Department edit
- L.A.C. Collic - boom operator
- Peter Davies - sound camera (US version)
- Roy Day - sound maintenance
- S. Hayers - sound maintenance: interiors
- Sidney Hayers - sound camera operator: exteriors and interiors
- J.H. Kay - sound recordist
- Gus Lloyd - assistant boom operator
- P. Lloyd - assistant boom operator
- Gordon K. McCallum - boom operator: interiors
- George Paternoster - boom operator: exteriors
- Winston Ryder - sound camera operator: interiors
- J. Stirton - sound maintenance: interiors
- Alan Thorne - sound assistant
Special Effects edit
- Charles Staffell - special effects: back projection
Visual Effects edit
- W. Percy Day - special effects: models
Camera and Electrical Department edit
- Eric Besche - assistant camera
- Jim Body - clapper loader
- Derek V. Browne - camera loader
- Cecil R. Cooney - camera operator
- Fred Daniels - still photographer: portraits
- J. Demaine - clapper loader
- Desmond Dickinson - second camera operator
- Ian Gibson-Smith - still photographer
- William Leach - grip
- William Leather - driver: camera car
- E. Pockney - electrician
- S. Shrimpton - clapper loader
- George Stretton - second camera operator
- A.G. Stunt - electrician
Other crew edit
- Jean Able - continuity assistant
- Paddy Arnold - continuity
- Sheila Bell - understudy: Sheila Sim
- Arthur Breton - wardrobe: men
- Roger Cherrill - assistant editor
- Betty Curtis - production company secretary
- Walter R. Day - maintenance
- Alex Devore - cashier
- Dorothy Edwards - wardrobe: women
- Parry Jones - production runner
- Vivienne Knight - publicist
- David Laing - understudy: Eric Portman
- Frederick Morgan - stagehand
- Joan Page - production company secretary
- Bill Paton - assistant: Mr Powell
- Harold Plaister - publicist
- Jim Pople - second assistant editor
- David Powell - assistant editor
- A. Raymond - casting: small parts and crowd
- Pat Smith - production secretary
- Anthony Swaine - liaison: Canterbury Cathedral
- Bert Woodcock - driver
Acknowledgements edit
Before the credits, the following plays over an image of the cathedral from the Christ Church Gate:
| “ | The Archers gratefully acknowledge the invaluable help and advice given to them by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, the Very Reverend the Dean of St Albans, the Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury, the Women's Land Army, and by the United States Army. / They also thank the citizens of Canterbury and men and women of Kent who helped to make the film. | ” |