28 Mar 1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
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Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Top Billed Cast
Eric Portman Thomas Colpeper, JP
Sheila Sim Alison Smith
Dennis Price Peter Gibbs
John Sweet Bob Johnson
Charles Hawtrey Thomas Duckett
Esmond Knight Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Hay Petrie Woodcock
George Merritt Ned Horton
Edward Rigby Jim Horton
Freda Jackson Prudence Honeywood
Betty Jardine Fee Baker
Eliot Makeham Organist
Beresford Egan P. C. Ovenden
Esma Cannon Agnes
Anthony Holles Sergt. Bassett
Maude Lambert Miss Grainger
Wallace Bosco A. R. P. Worker
Charles Paton Ernie Brooks
Jane Millican Susanna Foster
Michael Golden Sergt. Smale
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