#ManCrushMonday #VeteransDayEdition John Sweet in "A Canterbury Tale" (1944)

Life imitated art for John Sweet in Powell and Pressburger's "A Canterbury Tale" (1944). The American army sergeant was serving in the U.K. during WWII when "The Archers" (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) discovered him in their attempts to make a film with relative unknowns. The role of G.I. Bob Johnson fit Sweet like a glove as 1/3 of the pilgrims who find themselves on an emotional then physical journey to Canterbury. Accidentally getting off the wrong stop in the fictional Chillingbourne, Bob finds himself involved in a mystery involving another assaulted female victim of "The Glue Man." He throws himself into the mystery in attempting to forget about his out of contact girlfriend whom he hasn't got a letter from in months. Sweet would end up donating his $2,000 paycheck for the film to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.