TV Show

TV-PG

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A Tale of Two Cities

Drama

A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.

May 21, 19891 seasons2 episodesEndedEN

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Jean-Pierre Aumont

Alexandre Manette

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Serena Gordon

Lucie Manette (later Darnay)

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Xavier Deluc

Charles Darnay

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James Wilby

Sydney Carton

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John Mills

Jarvis Lorry

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Gérard Klein

Ernest Defarge

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Kathy Kriegel

Thérèse Defarge

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Anna Massey

Miss Pross

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Alfred Lynch

Jerry Cruncher

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Jonathan Adams

C. J. Stryver

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Karl Johnson

Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'

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Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

Premiered May 21, 1989

Episodes

1–2 of 2

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Ep 1

Part 1

May 21, 1989

95m

The similarity of a dissolute English lawyer to an exile from revolutionary France proves useful.

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Ep 2

Part 2

May 22, 1989

95m

To save Charles from the guillotine, Carton proposes a desperate measure.

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Networks

ITV1

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