A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

6.9/10 126 min History Drama Romance Adventure

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.

Cast

Ronald Colman

Sydney Carton

Elizabeth Allan

Lucie Manette

Edna May Oliver

Miss Pross

Reginald Owen

Stryver

Basil Rathbone

Marquis St. Evremonde

Blanche Yurka

Madame De Farge

Henry B. Walthall

Dr. Manette

Donald Woods

Charles Darnay

Walter Catlett

Barsad

Fritz Leiber

Gaspard

Eily Malyon

Mrs. Cruncher

Nigel De Brulier

Aristocrat (uncredited)

E. E. Clive

Judge in 'Old Bailey'

Torben Meyer

Lackey #1

Claude Gillingwater

Jarvis Lorry

Lucille La Verne

The Vengeance

Isabel Jewell

The Seamstress

H.B. Warner

Theophile Gabelle

Mitchell Lewis

Ernest De Farge

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