Hugh Griffith as Sir January

Laura Betti as The Wife from Bath

Ninetto Davoli as Perkin

Franco Citti as Devil

Josephine Chaplin as May

Alan Webb as Old Man

Pier Paolo Pasolini as Geoffrey Chaucer

Vernon Dobtcheff as The Franklin

Jenny Runacre as Alison

Adrian Street as Fighter

Derek Deadman as The Pardoner

Nicholas Smith as Friar

Orla Pederson as Pilgrim

J.P. Van Dyne as The Cook

George Bethell Datch as Host of the Tabard

Dan Thomas as Nicholas

Michael Balfour as The Carpenter

Peter Cain as Absalom

Daniele Buckler as Pilgrim

John Francis Lane as Greedy Friar

Settimo Castagna as Angel

Athol Coats as Rich Homosexual

Judy Stewart-Murray as Alice

Tom Baker as Jenkin

Oscar Fochetti as May's Lover

Willoughby Goddard as Placebo

Peter Stephens as Justinus

Giuseppe Arrigio as Pluto / The God

Elisabetta Genovese as Prosperine

Gordon King as Chancellor

Patrick Duffett as Alan

Eamann Howell as John

Tiziano Longo as Simkin the Miller

Eileen King as Simkin's Wife

Heather Johnson as Molly

Robin Askwith as Rufus

Martin Whelar as Jack the Justice

John McLaren as Johnny the Grace

Edward Monteith as Dick the Sparrow

Kervin Breen as

Franca Sciutto as

Vittorio Fanfoni as

Leonard S. Brooks as Businessman (uncredited)

Stephen Calcutt as The Groom (uncredited)

Phil Davis as 2nd Homosexual Lover (uncredited)

Charles De la Tour as Inn-keeper (uncredited)

Francis de Wolff as The Bride's Father (uncredited)

Michael Derrek as Robin (uncredited)

Andrew Dymock as Bill (uncredited)

V. Edwards as The Old Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Everall as Perkin's Mother (uncredited)

Diana Fisher as The Bride (uncredited)

Chris Greener as Sir Elephant (uncredited)

David Hatton as Poor Homosexual (uncredited)

Judo Al Hayes as Fighter (uncredited)

Terry Hooper as L'Allodoliere (uncredited)

Robert Brook Howard as Vicar of the Monestary (uncredited)

Karl Howman as 1st Homosexual Lover (uncredited)

Richard Hughes as Administrator (uncredited)

Laurie Inch as Mary (uncredited)

Charlotte Kell as The Prioress (uncredited)

Pinky Martin as The Nun (uncredited)

Alan McConnell as Master Gervaso (uncredited)

Norman McGlen as Perkin's Father (uncredited)

Peter McGregor as The Merchant (uncredited)

Hugh McKenzie-Bailey as Thomas (uncredited)

Roderick McLeod as Knight's Attendant (uncredited)

Anthony Moore as The Spy (uncredited)

Ken Muggleston as Doctor (uncredited)

Patrick Newell as Prior (uncredited)

Ray Parks as Sergeant (uncredited)

Martin Philips as Martin (uncredited)

Selwyn Roberts as The Knight (uncredited)

Anita Sanders as Thomas' Wife (uncredited)

Marc Sinclair as Ensemble (uncredited)

Mary Stuart as Priest (uncredited)

Reg Stuart as 4th Husband (uncredited)

Steve Whitton as Youth without Name (uncredited)