(Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK 1944, 124 min., 35mm)
Three strangers meet up in Kent, one train stop short of Canterbury, where they stumble upon a bizarre mystery. Alison Smith (Sheila Sim) is a “land girl” sent to work a farm in the town, Sergeant Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price) is on his way to his next assignment, and Sergeant Bob Johnson (John Sweet) is a U.S. soldier on leave. The night of their arrival Alison is attacked by the “glue man,” who has been assaulting young women by pouring glue on their heads. In order to solve the mystery the three will change their plans while facing up to their pasts and their futures. Described by Powell as "a morality play in which three modern pilgrims to Canterbury receive their blessings", the film is essentially an homage to the beauty and rural traditions of his native Kent, and a poetic portrait of Britain during the war.