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A Tale of Two Cities (1917)

Directed by Frank Lloyd

Overview

At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned former family servant. He is himself imprisoned and condemned by the revolutionary forces there. His wife, the former Lucie Manette, is secretly loved by a gentlemanly wastrel, Sydney Carton. Carton embarks on a daring plan to save the husband of the woman he loves.

Length 70 minutes

Actors

William Farnum | Jewel Carmen | Charles Clary | Herschel Mayall | Rosita Marstini | Josef Swickard | Ralph Lewis | William Clifford | Marc Robbins | Olive White | Willard Louis | Harry De Vere | Florence Vidor | Margaret Dumont