While World War II rages, an American G.I. and three Britishers find themselves en route to the hallowed cathedral on the same Pilgrims' way taken by travelers some 600 years before and reported in Chaucer's epic poem.
One of The Archers most pecular films, it features a mysterious 'glue-man' who sneaks up on young girls at night and poors glue on their hair. The film opens in a small village on the road to Canterbury, with the arrival of G. I. Bob Johnson (played by real-life U.S. Army Sergt. John Sweet), British officer Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price), and Alison Smith (Sheila Sim), a young 'land girl' who immediately falls victim to the 'glue-man'.
The trio find themselves caught up in the mystery and are determined to discover the identity of this 'glue-man'. Meanwhile they find they have all come to make their own sort of pilgrimage to Canterbury. A pilgrimage they will share with the local magistrate (Eric Portman).
