‘A Canterbury Tale': Strangers and Allies in Wartime Kent

Acclaimed Pressburger and Powell give a sense of how the English adapted to American soldiers in WWII.

(L–R) Sgt. Bob Johnson (John Sweet), Alison Smith (Sheila Sim), and Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price), in “A Canterbury Tale.” General Film Distributors

NR | 2h 4m | Drama, Mystery, War | 1944

American pilots crossed the Atlantic to England before the United States formally entered World War II. During the summer of 1940, while the Battle of Britain raged on, individual Americans found their way into the Royal Air Force as brave volunteers. These American men flew with the British pilots against the Luftwaffe at a moment when Britain stood largely alone.