<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $1,232,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2.3 million (worldwide rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities set in London and Paris . The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods and Elizabeth Allan . The supporting players include Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Claude Gillingwater, Edna May Oliver and Blanche Yurka . It was directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by W.P. Lipscomb and S.N. Behrman . The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing . The story is set in the French Revolution and deals with two men who are alike, not only in appearance, but in their love for the same woman . The film is generally regarded as the best cinematic version of Dickens' novel . </P> <P> On the eve of the French Revolution, Lucie Manette (Elizabeth Allan) is informed that her father (Henry B. Walthall) is not dead, but has been a prisoner in the Bastille for many long years before finally being released . She travels to Paris to take her father to her home in England . Dr. Manette has been taken care of by a friend, Ernest Defarge (Mitchell Lewis), and his wife (Blanche Yurka). The old man's mind has given way during his long ordeal, but Lucie's tender care begins to restore his sanity . </P>

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