A Tale of Two Cities

Name: A Tale of Two Cities
Director: Jack Conway
Released: 1935
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone

1935 · 126 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 6,560 VOTES · DIR. Jack Conway

Overview

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,673 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:11 Get up. Get up. Come on. Get up. Get up.

00:06:22 What is it?

00:10:31 Has he seen our tenant upstairs?

00:16:02 No one saw a coach leave here, you understand?

00:21:18 And it gave me the opportunity to hear your instructive discourse...

00:25:36 You know, I shouldn't wonder but that Cruncher...

00:29:07 With my own eyes.

00:33:39 Mr. Barsad, did you discuss this case with Mr. Cly last night?

00:37:48 - We have. - What is your verdict?

00:42:15 I begin to have a better opinion of your understanding.

00:46:42 Trust me, Charles.

00:53:37 - Can't you guess? - Guess?

01:00:20 Proceed, Monsieur Gabelle.

01:04:28 If it is, I hope for her sake that destiny will keep her husband out of France.

01:09:06 Until I've made the echoes out to be the echoes...

01:20:54 These people are putting up securities they won't own.

01:26:01 Death within 48 hours.

01:30:30 ...who used their privileges for the oppression of the people.

01:35:51 And she has such a strong attachment to you and reliance on you.

01:40:27 What name did you say?

01:45:06 It is a thing to thank God for, isn't it?

01:49:28 - Tell me, what's Evremonde's number? - Evremonde is 23.

01:56:48 - Evremonde, 23. - Evremonde, 23.

02:04:42 ...than I have ever known.

Cast & Characters

Ronald Colman Sydney Carton Elizabeth Allan Lucie Manette Edna May Oliver Miss Pross Reginald Owen C.J. Stryver Basil Rathbone Marquis St. Evrémonde Blanche Yurka Madame Therese De Farge Henry B. Walthall Dr. Manette Donald Woods Charles Darnay Walter Catlett Barsad Fritz Leiber Gaspard

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,673

Dialogue density13.3 lines / min

First line00:02:11

Final line02:04:42

Production Record

DirectorJack Conway

LanguageEnglish

Budget$1,000,000

IMDb votes6,560