A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

★ 6.9 2h 6m 84 votes IMDb
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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.

A Tale of Two Cities

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Cast

Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton Died 1958 · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he firs...
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette Died 1990 · Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage, screen, and television actress, who worked in both England and Hollywood..
Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver as Miss Pross Died 1942 · Malden, Massachusetts, USA Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-...
Reginald Owen
Reginald Owen as Stryver Died 1972 · Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was an English character actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American films and later in t...
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone as Marquis St. Evremonde Died 1967 · Johannesburg, South African Republic Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily c...
Blanche Yurka
Blanche Yurka as Madame De Farge Died 1974 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Director Jack Conway
Cast Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber

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barrymost 10/10 Aug 09, 2019
A Tale of Two Cities was the movie that introduced me to the wonderful Ronald Colman. It's one of my all-time favorite movies, and also one of the very, very few that can get me close to tears. That classic, unforgettable ending: "It's a far, far better thing I do than I've ever done. It's a far, far better rest I go to, than I've ever known." It's a beautiful story of love, redemption, and self-sacrifice, from Charles Dickens' timeless novel.

Would I recommend? Yes, without a second thought.

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