A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,662 VOTES · DIR. Ralph Thomas
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,531 lines
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00:01:43 Get up!
00:05:28 Go on! Get up!
00:09:50 about this affair.
00:14:01 I'm telling you this, Defarge, because I know what influence these nobles have.
00:19:38 Your pardon, Monsieur.
00:24:13 A man named Barsad?
00:28:29 I'm looking after these ladies, sir.
00:32:17 He added...
00:36:49 is to forget that I belong to it.
00:42:06 - My respects. - Your cousin has been telling me about you.
00:47:21 What's he up to here? That's what I want to know.
00:50:59 All I ask. A small matter.
00:54:50 Mr Carton! You shall be the first to hear our news.
00:59:36 I shall never understand.
01:07:27 Even as I'm talking to you, Paris may be afire or sacked
01:11:52 I need a permit. I would have gone to Mr Lorry, but unfortunately he's in Paris already.
01:16:12 He asked me to communicate with her father. I refused.
01:20:47 Oh, don't heed it, my precious.
01:25:30 write this melancholy paper in my doleful cell in the Bastille
01:29:45 I will name him.
01:34:01 I don't think I could depend upon a better man.
01:38:38 when I may truly...
01:43:18 I'm a Briton.
01:51:45 than I have ever known
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,531
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:01:43
Final line01:51:45
Production Record
DirectorRalph Thomas
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,662