A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
TV Movie · Romance · Drama · History
Overview
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
Cast
- Chris Sarandon as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Alexander Manette
- Alice Krige as Lucie Manette
- Kenneth More as Dr. Jarvis Lorry
- Barry Morse as Marquis St. Evremonde
- Flora Robson as Miss Pross
- Billie Whitelaw as Madame Therese Defarge
- Nigel Hawthorne as Mr. CJ Stryver
- Norman Jones as Monsieur Ernest Defarge
- George Innes as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Cruncher