A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)

TV Movie Romance Drama History

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.

star 5.7
  • Release Date: 1980-12-02
  • Runtime: 2h 42min
  • Director: Jim Goddard

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    • 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

    • Martin Carroll

      Clerk of the Court

    • Valérie de Tilbourg

      Seamstress

    • Wally Thomas

      Foreman

    • Harry Jones

      Wiggins

    • Robert Urquhart

      Attorney General

    • John Kidd

      Chemist

    • Anna Manahan

      Vengeance

    • Gerald James

      Gabelle

    • Bernard Archard

      Tribunal President

    • Martha Parsey

      Little Lucie

    • Robin Scobey

      Victor

    • Alan Collins

      Jailer

    • James Coyle

      Jacques

    • Michael Burrell

      Tellsons Bank Clerk

    • Stanley Lebore

      Captain of the Guard

    • Philip Trewinnard

      Royal George Hotel Clerk

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