A Tale of Two Cities (1980)

6.1/10 • 162 min • TV Movie Romance Drama History

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

Chris Sarandon

Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay

Peter Cushing

Dr. Alexander Manette

Alice Krige

Lucie Manette

Kenneth More

Dr. Jarvis Lorry

Barry Morse

Marquis St. Evremonde

Flora Robson

Miss Pross

Billie Whitelaw

Madame Therese Defarge

Nigel Hawthorne

Mr. CJ Stryver

Norman Jones

Monsieur Ernest Defarge

George Innes

Jeremiah 'Jerry' Cruncher

David Suchet

John Barsad

Kevin Stoney

Lord Chief Justice

Bernard Hug

Gaspard

Valérie de Tilbourg

Seamstress

Robert Urquhart

Attorney General

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