A Tale of Two Cities is a movie directed by Frank Lloyd in 1917 and based on the book of the same name by Charles Dickens, first published in 1859. The movie features William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall, Rosita Marstini, Josef Swickard, and others.
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Storyline
Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine.
Movie vs Book
Year
1917
Minutes
70
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1859
Pages
489
Book Rate
7.70
S: Goodreads
Book
A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Country: UK
First published in: 1859
Length: 489 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard
Movie by Ralph Thomas
Movie by Jim Goddard
User polls & recommendations
“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”
SCOTT TUROW (Writer)
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