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A Tale of Two Cities

(1980)

December 2, 1980 2h 42m
60%
TMDB Score

Overview

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Jim Goddard

Director

Top Billed Cast

CS

Chris Sarandon

Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay

PC

Peter Cushing

Dr. Alexander Manette

AK

Alice Krige

Lucie Manette

KM

Kenneth More

Dr. Jarvis Lorry

BM

Barry Morse

Marquis St. Evremonde

FR

Flora Robson

Miss Pross

BW

Billie Whitelaw

Madame Therese Defarge

NH

Nigel Hawthorne

Mr. CJ Stryver

NJ

Norman Jones

Monsieur Ernest Defarge

GI

George Innes

Jeremiah 'Jerry' Cruncher