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

Genres:

Drama History Romance

Cast:

Chris Sarandon Peter Cushing Kenneth More Barry Morse

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.

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