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A tale of two cities [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screen play by W.P. Lipscomb and S.N. Behrman ; directed by Jack Conway ; produced by David O. Selznick.

Contributor(s): Series: Oscar best movie collectionPublication details: Taipei, Taiwan : Evervision Corp., [200?]Edition: Standard versionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 126 min.) : sd., b & w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Tale of two cities
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 TAL
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Oliver T. Marsh ; editor, Conrad A. Nervig ; music, Herbert Stothart.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Henry B. Walthall, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Blanche Yurka.Summary: An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris.Summary: Under the ruthless ruling of Marquis St. Evermonde, French farmers were tormented and their women raped and put to cruel death. Dr. Manette was imprisoned for eighteen long years. After her entire family was brutally killed. Madame Defarge swore that she would avenge the blood by wiping out..
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Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.

Director of photography, Oliver T. Marsh ; editor, Conrad A. Nervig ; music, Herbert Stothart.

Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Henry B. Walthall, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Blanche Yurka.

An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris.

Under the ruthless ruling of Marquis St. Evermonde, French farmers were tormented and their women raped and put to cruel death. Dr. Manette was imprisoned for eighteen long years. After her entire family was brutally killed. Madame Defarge swore that she would avenge the blood by wiping out..

DVD; Dolby digital.