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A Tale of Two Cities
Directed by Walter Courtney Rowden
Written by Walter Courtney Rowden
Based on A Tale of Two Cities
1859 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced by H.B. Parkinson
Starring Clive Brook
Ann Trevor
J. Fisher White
Production
company
Distributed by British Exhibitors' Films
Release date
1922
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Clive Brook, Ann Trevor and J. Fisher White. The film is an adaptation of the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and its plot concerns events taking place during the French Revolution. It was made as part of the "Tense Moments with Great Authors Series" of films.

Premise

During the French Revolution, a jaundiced British lawyer takes the place of a French aristocrat who has been sentenced to the guillotine.

Cast

Bibliography

  • Scott, Ian. From Pinewood to Hollywood: British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910-1969. Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.

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