Movie

A Tale of Two Cities

Released: December 25, 1935 (1935)

Runtime: 126 minutes

Genres: History, Drama, Romance, Adventure

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Henry B. Walthall as Dr. Manette
Age at release: 57
Fritz Leiber as Gaspard
Age at release: 53
Edna May Oliver as Miss Pross
Age at release: 52
Reginald Owen as Stryver
Age at release: 48
Blanche Yurka as Madame De Farge
Age at release: 48
Walter Catlett as Barsad
Age at release: 46
Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton
Age at release: 44
Basil Rathbone as Marquis St. Evremonde
Age at release: 43
Donald Woods as Charles Darnay
Age at release: 29
Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette
Age at release: 25

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Claude Gillingwater as Jarvis Lorry
Age at release: 65
Lucille La Verne as The Vengeance
Age at release: 63
H.B. Warner as Theophile Gabelle
Age at release: 59
Nigel De Brulier as Aristocrat (uncredited)
Age at release: 58
Eily Malyon as Mrs. Cruncher
Age at release: 56
E. E. Clive as Judge in 'Old Bailey'
Age at release: 56
Mitchell Lewis as Ernest De Farge
Age at release: 55
Torben Meyer as Lackey #1
Age at release: 51
Billy Bevan as Jerry Cruncher
Age at release: 48
Isabel Jewell as The Seamstress
Age at release: 28
William Ripley Dorr as Background Singers (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown