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A Tale of Two Cities(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-12-02
60%
20 Votes
Time: 2h 42m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Norman Rosemont Productions
Marble Arch Productions
Movie: A Tale of Two Cities
Top 10 Billed 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
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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.
Release Date
1980-12-02
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