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A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Directed by Jim Goddard
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 162 minutes
Actors
Chris Sarandon | Peter Cushing | Alice Krige | Kenneth More | Barry Morse | Flora Robson | Billie Whitelaw | Nigel Hawthorne | Norman Jones | George Innes | David Suchet | Kevin Stoney | Bernard Hug | Martin Carroll | Valérie de Tilbourg | Wally Thomas | Harry Jones | Robert Urquhart | John Kidd | Anna Manahan | Gerald James | Bernard Archard | Martha Parsey | Robin Scobey | Alan Collins | James Coyle | Michael Burrell | Stanley Lebore | Philip Trewinnard