A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Overview : British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.
Release Date : February 7, 1958
Runtime : 115m
Genre : Drama, History, Romance
Companies : The Rank Organisation
Countries : United Kingdom
Keywords : based on novel or book, french revolution, guillotine, lawyer, 18th century