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A Tale of Two Cities is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 2 december 1980 with Chris Sarandon
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
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Add to a movie listA Tale of Two Cities is a 1980 television film directed by Jim Goddard, and based on the Charles Dickens novel set in the French Revolution. The film stars Chris Sarandon playing dual roles as two characters who are in love with the same woman.
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Dickens' London-lawyer hero (Chris Sarandon) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves in Paris during the Reign of Terror.Actors
Chris Sarandon
(Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay)
Peter Cushing
(Dr. Alexander Manette)
Alice Krige
(Lucie Manette)
Billie Whitelaw
(Madame Therese Defarge)
Nigel Hawthorne
(Mr. CJ Stryver)
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