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A Tale of Two Cities   1980         TV, 156 min. Genre: Drama Director: Jim Goddard   Cast: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse, Flora Robson, Billie Whitelaw, Alice Krige, Nigel Hawthorne, Norman Jones, George Innes, Bernard Hug, Robert Urquhart, Anna Manahan   Sydney Carton (Chris Sarandon) has fallen love with Lucie (Alice Krige), but she marries the aristocrat Charles Damay (also played by Chris Sarandon), not knowing of Sydney's love for her. Later, the seeds for the French Revolution are sown, and Charles has been arrested and is condemned to die by the guillotine. Sydney hatches a selfless plot to replace Charles and allow him to return to Lucie. Cast Chris Sarandon Sydney Carton/Charles Darnay Peter Cushing Dr. Alexandre Manette Kenneth More Dr. Jarvis Lorry Barry Morse St. Evremonde Flora Robson Miss Pross Billie Whitelaw Madame Therese Defarge Alice Krige Lucie Manette Nigel Hawthorne Mr. C.J. Stryver Norman Jones Monsieur Ernest Defarge George Innes Jeremiah "Jerry" Cruncher Bernard Hug Gaspard Robert Urquhart Attorney General Anna Manahan The Vengeance