The Only Way (1927)

Directors

Herbert Wilcox

Cast

John Martin-Harvey

The story

In the 1770s, France Doctor Manette is witness to the rape of a young woman (Jeanne Defarge) and the murder of her and brother (Jacques) by the powerful Marquis d'Evremonde. In order to silence Manette, d'Evremonde arranges to have him locked away in the infamous Bastille Prison, where he languishes for over a decade. Manette's young daughter is spirited out of the country by her guardian, the British banker Jarvis Lorry, to England, where she is brought up by Miss Pross.

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