A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Movie · 128 min. · United States
An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris.
Direction Jack Conway
Cast Ronald Colman · Elizabeth Allan · Edna May Oliver · Reginald Owen · Basil Rathbone · Blanche Yurka · Henry B. Walthall · Donald Woods · Claude Gillingwater · Walter Catlett · H.B. Warner · Fritz Leiber · Lucille La Verne · Mitchell Lewis · Isabel Jewell · Tully Marshall · Billy Bevan · E.E. Clive · Robert Warwick · Eily Malyon · Lawrence Grant · Ralf Harolde · Fay Chaldecott · John Davidson · Tom Ricketts · Donald Haines · Barlowe Borland
Soundtrack Herbert Stothart
Screenplay W.P. Lipscomb · S.N. Behrman · Charles Dickens
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Original title A Tale of Two Cities
7.1
630 votes (FilmAffinity)
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