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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic87/100
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack ConwayDirector
- W.P. LipscombScreenplay
- S. N. BehrmanScreenplay
- Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ronald ColmanSydney Carton
- Elizabeth AllanLucie Manette
- Edna May OliverMiss Pross
- Reginald OwenStryver
- Basil RathboneMarquis St. Evremonde
- Blanche YurkaMadame De Farge
- Henry B. WalthallDr. Manette
- Donald WoodsCharles Darnay
- Walter CatlettBarsad
- Fritz LeiberGaspard
- Eily MalyonMrs. Cruncher
- Nigel De BrulierAristocrat (uncredited)
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Themes
london, englandparis, francebased on novel or bookself sacrificeredemptionfrench revolutionguillotinelovealcoholic18th century