- HD 1080
- Runtime: 162m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jim Goddard
- Stars: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Alice Krige, Kenneth More, Barry Morse
- keywords: based on novel or book, french revolution
- Production_studio: Norman Rosemont Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Marble Arch Productions
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Channel, Hallmark Movies Now Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
- The A Tale of Two Cities is featured in the top rankings of 1980
- #29 in Top Romance Movies of 1980
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.