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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

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.
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Jack Conway profile
Jack Conway

Director

S. N. Behrman profile
S. N. Behrman

Screenplay

Cast

Ronald Colman profile
Ronald Colman

Sydney Carton

Elizabeth Allan profile
Elizabeth Allan

Lucie Manette

Edna May Oliver profile
Edna May Oliver

Miss Pross

Reginald Owen profile
Reginald Owen

Stryver

Basil Rathbone profile
Basil Rathbone

Marquis St. Evremonde

Blanche Yurka profile
Blanche Yurka

Madame De Farge

Henry B. Walthall profile
Henry B. Walthall

Dr. Manette

Donald Woods profile
Donald Woods

Charles Darnay

Walter Catlett profile
Walter Catlett

Barsad

Fritz Leiber profile
Fritz Leiber

Gaspard

Eily Malyon profile
Eily Malyon

Mrs. Cruncher

Nigel De Brulier profile
Nigel De Brulier

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Ronald Colman profile
Ronald Colman

Sydney Carton

Elizabeth Allan profile
Elizabeth Allan

Lucie Manette

Edna May Oliver profile
Edna May Oliver

Miss Pross

Reginald Owen profile
Reginald Owen

Stryver

Basil Rathbone profile
Basil Rathbone

Marquis St. Evremonde

Blanche Yurka profile
Blanche Yurka

Madame De Farge

Henry B. Walthall profile
Henry B. Walthall

Dr. Manette

Donald Woods profile
Donald Woods

Charles Darnay

Walter Catlett profile
Walter Catlett

Barsad

Fritz Leiber profile
Fritz Leiber

Gaspard

Eily Malyon profile
Eily Malyon

Mrs. Cruncher

Nigel De Brulier profile
Nigel De Brulier

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

December 25, 1935

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Production Company

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