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A Tale of Two Cities

Release Date:December 2, 1980

Running Time:162 min

Genres:Drama, History, Romance, TV Movie

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Cast

Chris Sarandon Peter Cushing Alice Krige Kenneth More Barry Morse Flora Robson Billie Whitelaw Nigel Hawthorne Norman Jones George Innes David Suchet Kevin Stoney

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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