A Tale of Two Cities
Feb 07, 1958 | IMDB 6.7
115 min Watch NowDrama, History, Romance
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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