Movie

A Tale of Two Cities

Released: December 2, 1980 (1980)

Runtime: 162 minutes

Genres: TV Movie, Romance, Drama, History

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)

Flora Robson as Miss Pross
Age at release: 78
Peter Cushing as Dr. Alexander Manette
Age at release: 67
Kenneth More as Dr. Jarvis Lorry
Age at release: 66
Barry Morse as Marquis St. Evremonde
Age at release: 62
Nigel Hawthorne as Mr. CJ Stryver
Age at release: 51
Billie Whitelaw as Madame Therese Defarge
Age at release: 48
Norman Jones as Monsieur Ernest Defarge
Age at release: 48
George Innes as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Cruncher
Age at release: 42
Chris Sarandon as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
Age at release: 38
Alice Krige as Lucie Manette
Age at release: 26

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Wally Thomas as Foreman
Age at release: 75
John Kidd as Chemist
Age at release: 73
Gerald James as Gabelle
Age at release: 63
Kevin Stoney as Lord Chief Justice
Age at release: 59
Robert Urquhart as Attorney General
Age at release: 59
Bernard Archard as Tribunal President
Age at release: 58
Anna Manahan as Vengeance
Age at release: 56
David Suchet as John Barsad
Age at release: 34
Harry Jones as Wiggins
Age at release: 34
Martha Parsey as Little Lucie
Age at release: 7
Bernard Hug as Gaspard
Age at release: Unknown
Martin Carroll as Clerk of the Court
Age at release: Unknown
Valérie de Tilbourg as Seamstress
Age at release: Unknown
Robin Scobey as Victor
Age at release: Unknown
Alan Collins as Jailer
Age at release: Unknown
James Coyle as Jacques
Age at release: Unknown
Michael Burrell as Tellsons Bank Clerk
Age at release: Unknown
Stanley Lebore as Captain of the Guard
Age at release: Unknown