2 Movies Directed by Jim Goddard

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

162 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (417 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Goddard

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Dickens (novel)

John Gay

Fullplot:

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.

Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-08-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

2.9 (3895 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Goddard

Cast:

Writer:

John Kohn (screenplay)

Robert Bentley (screenplay)

Tony Kenrick (from the novel "Faraday's Flowers")

Fullplot:

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.

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