A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

126 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, History | Dec. 25, 1935

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

A Tale of Two Cities

126 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, History | Dec. 25, 1935

A Tale of Two Cities
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Tale of Two Cities
Directors Jack Conway
Writers W.P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman, Charles Dickens

Cast

Ronald Colman

as Sydney Carton

Elizabeth Allan

as Lucie Manette

Edna May Oliver

as Miss Pross

Reginald Owen

as Stryver

Basil Rathbone

as Marquis St. Evremonde

Blanche Yurka

as Madame De Farge

Henry B. Walthall

as Dr. Manette

Donald Woods

as Charles Darnay

Walter Catlett

as Barsad

Fritz Leiber

as Gaspard

Eily Malyon

as Mrs. Cruncher

Nigel De Brulier

as Aristocrat (uncredited)

William Ripley Dorr

as Background Singers (uncredited)

E. E. Clive

as Judge in 'Old Bailey'

Torben Meyer

as Lackey #1

Claude Gillingwater

as Jarvis Lorry

Lucille La Verne

as The Vengeance

Isabel Jewell

as The Seamstress

H.B. Warner

as Theophile Gabelle

Mitchell Lewis

as Ernest De Farge

Billy Bevan

as Jerry Cruncher