A Tale of Two Cities
“The Immortal Story of Love and Intrigue During the French Revolution!”
1935•2h 6m•6.9•Released
HistoryDramaRomanceAdventure
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.
Director
Jack Conway
Writer
S. N. Behrman, W.P. Lipscomb
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Ronald Colman
Sydney Carton
Elizabeth Allan
Lucie Manette
Edna May Oliver
Miss Pross
Reginald Owen
Stryver
Basil Rathbone
Marquis St. Evremonde
Blanche Yurka
Madame De Farge
Henry B. Walthall
Dr. Manette
Donald Woods
Charles Darnay
Walter Catlett
Barsad
Fritz Leiber
Gaspard
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cruncher
Nigel De Brulier
Aristocrat (uncredited)
William Ripley Dorr
Background Singers (uncredited)
E. E. Clive
Judge in 'Old Bailey'
Torben Meyer
Lackey #1
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
David O. Selznick
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