A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Popularity4/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Jim Goddard
Cast
Alice Krige, Anna Manahan, Barry Morse, Bernard Archard, Billie Whitelaw, Chris Sarandon, David Suchet, Flora Robson, George Innes, Gerald James, Kenneth More, Martha Parsey, Nigel Hawthorne, Norman Jones, Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Valérie de Tilbourg
The story
London lawyer Sydney Carton decides how much he will sacrifice for Lucie Manette, the woman he loves, in Paris during the Reign of Terror.
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