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Programme Information

A striking screen adaptation of Dickens' French Revolution classic, with Ronald Colman as the carefree lawyer Sydney Carton, who makes the ultimate sacrifice to aid the victims of the Reign of Terror

Keywords:

Drama, Period Drama, Historical Drama, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Classics

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1935) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Ronald Colman	.... Sydney Carton
Elizabeth Allan	.... Lucie Manette
Edna May Oliver	.... Miss Pross
Reginald Owen	.... C.J. Stryver
Basil Rathbone	.... Marquis St. Evremonde
Blanche Yurka	.... Madame Defarge

Supporting Cast:

Henry B. Walthall	.... Dr. Manette
Donald Woods	.... Charles Darnay
Walter Catlett	.... Barsad
Fritz Leiber	.... Gaspard
H.B. Warner	.... Gabelle
Mitchell Lewis	.... Ernest Defarge
Claude Gillingwater	.... Jarvis Lorry Jr.
Billy Bevan	.... Jerry Cruncher
Isabel Jewell	.... Seamstress

Directors:

Jack Conway
Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Charles Dickens
W.P. Lipscomb