The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
Ronald Colman
as Sydney Carton
Elizabeth Allan
as Lucie Manette
Edna May Oliver
as Miss Pross
Reginald Owen
as Stryver
Basil Rathbone
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Blanche Yurka
as Madame De Farge
Henry B. Walthall
as Dr. Manette
Donald Woods
as Charles Darnay
Walter Catlett
as Barsad
Fritz Leiber
as Gaspard
Eily Malyon
as Mrs. Cruncher
Nigel De Brulier
as Aristocrat (uncredited)