A Tale of Two Cities
“The Immortal Story of Love and Intrigue During the French Revolution!”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Ronald Colman
Sydney Carton
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Elizabeth Allan
Lucie Manette
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Edna May Oliver
Miss Pross
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Reginald Owen
Stryver
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Basil Rathbone
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Blanche Yurka
Madame De Farge
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Henry B. Walthall
Dr. Manette
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Donald Woods
Charles Darnay
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Walter Catlett
Barsad
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Fritz Leiber
Gaspard
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Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cruncher
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Nigel De Brulier
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Jack Conway Director · S. N. Behrman Screenplay W.P. Lipscomb Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $1M · United States release December 25, 1935
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Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,300,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1935
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