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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 5.7/10•1989•1h 35m•TV-PG•Drama
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A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 21, 1989

Episodes

E195m

Part 1

The similarity of a dissolute English lawyer to an exile from revolutionary France proves useful.

May 21, 1989

E295m

Part 2

To save Charles from the guillotine, Carton proposes a desperate measure.

May 22, 1989

Actors

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Alexandre Manette

Serena Gordon

Serena Gordon

Lucie Manette (later Darnay)

Xavier Deluc

Xavier Deluc

Charles Darnay

James Wilby

James Wilby

Sydney Carton

John Mills

John Mills

Jarvis Lorry

Gérard Klein

Gérard Klein

Ernest Defarge

Kathy Kriegel

Kathy Kriegel

Thérèse Defarge

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

Miss Pross

Alfred Lynch

Alfred Lynch

Jerry Cruncher

Jonathan Adams

Jonathan Adams

C. J. Stryver

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'

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