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A Tale of Two Cities ()

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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 amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
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Sydney Carton
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Lucie Manette
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Miss Pross
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C.J. Stryver
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Marquis St. Evrémonde
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Madame Therese De Farge
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Dr. Manette
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Charles Darnay
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Barsad
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Gaspard
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Gabelle
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Ernest De Farge
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Jarvis Lorry Jr.
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Jerry Cruncher
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Seamstress
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The Vengeance (as Lucille LaVerne)
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Woodcutter
Fay Chaldecott ...
Lucie as a Child
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Mrs. Cruncher
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Judge in 'Old Bailey'
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Prosecutor
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Judge at Tribunal
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Prosecutor
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Morveau
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Tellson Jr.
Donald Haines ...
Jerry Cruncher Jr.
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Jacques 116
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Ainsley ...
Tom - Dover Road Coach Driver (uncredited)
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Executioner (uncredited)
Joe Amick ...
Crowd Member (uncredited)
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Innkeeper (uncredited)
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Aristocrat About to Be Executed (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
John Bryan ...
Small Role (uncredited)
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Candy Clerk (uncredited)
Burr Caruth ...
Guillotine Seller (uncredited)
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Background Singers (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
Chappell Dossett ...
Priest at Wedding (uncredited)
Frank Dunn ...
Official (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Old Hag (uncredited)
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Headsman (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich ...
Gentleman (uncredited)
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Old Hag (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Joe (uncredited)
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Leader at Bastille (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ...
Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Border Guard (uncredited)
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Small Role (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin ...
Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Victor (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
Clinton Lurie ...
Small Role (uncredited)
James T. Mack ...
Clerk (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ...
Small Role (uncredited)
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Jailer (uncredited)
Shirley McDonald ...
Jacques #2 (uncredited)
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Guillotine Operator (uncredited)
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Lackey #1 (uncredited)
John Miltern ...
Clerk (uncredited)
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Cartwright (uncredited)
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Old Hag (uncredited)
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Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Condemned Dandy (uncredited)
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Chief Registrar (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood ...
Old Crony (uncredited)
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Servant Boy (uncredited)
Jay Taylor ...
Aristocrat (uncredited)
Joseph R. Tozer ...
Inspector (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell ...
Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Wife of Count (uncredited)
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Revolutionary (uncredited)
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Small Role (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jack Conway
Robert Z. Leonard ... (fill-in director) (uncredited)

Written by

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Charles Dickens ... (novel "A Tale of Two Cities")
 
W.P. Lipscomb ... (screen play)
S.N. Behrman ... (screen play)
 
Thomas Carlyle ... (bibliography "The French Revolution") &
M. Cléry ... (bibliography "Journal of the Temple") &
Mademoiselle des Écherolles ... (bibliography "The Memoirs") &
M. Nicholas ... (bibliography "The Memoirs")

Produced by

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David O. Selznick ... producer

Music by

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Herbert Stothart ... (musical score)

Cinematography by

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Oliver T. Marsh ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Conrad A. Nervig ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Errol Taggart ... second unit director (uncredited)
Jacques Tourneur ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Fredric Hope ... associate art director
Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

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W. Percy Day ... matte painter (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dolly Tree ... wardrobe
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
David Snell ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart ... musical adaptation (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Val Lewton ... arranger: revolutionary sequences
Jacques Tourneur ... arranger: revolutionary sequences
Howard Dietz ... press agent (uncredited)
Robert Z. Leonard ... retakes director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Alas, an aristocrat and a barrister on the same plateau. This is the story of a revolution, a revolution that occurred in France known as the Reign of Terror. The barrister, the town alcoholic and man of disrepute, is in love with a beautiful woman, who marries the aristocrat and bears a beautiful baby girl. The baby girl is infatuated with the barrister, and he with her because of her mother. The ultimate sacrifice occurs and a man's soul goes forward.

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Taglines The most dramatic love story in the history of literature! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' (United States)
  • Le marquis de Saint-Evremond (France)
  • Flucht aus Paris (Germany)
  • Historia de dos ciudades (Spain)
  • Υπό την σκιάν της λαιμητόμου (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 128 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,232,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $5,014,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia Actor Ronald Colman agreed to play the role of Sydney Carton with the sole condition that he not also be required to play the role of Charles Darnay, as was usually expected in adaptations of the Dickens novel. The plot of 'A Tale of Two Cities' turns on the physical resemblance between the two characters. Colman had long wanted to play Sydney Carton, and was even willing to shave off his beloved mustache to play the part. See more »
Goofs Sydney Carton attends Christmas Eve services ca. 1780 during which "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" is sung to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), and John Francis Wade's Latin hymn, "Adeste fideles," is sung in Frederick Oakley's (1802-1880) translation as "O Come, All Ye Faithful." See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939). See more »
Soundtracks La Marseillaise See more »
Crazy Credits Although the film has nothing to do with Christmas, "Adeste Fideles," known in English as the holiday carol "O Come All Ye Faithful" plays as a The End title appears on screen. See more »
Quotes Sydney Carton: It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done. It's a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.
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