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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Ronald Colman
• Elizabeth Allan
• Edna May Oliver
• Reginald Owen
• Basil Rathbone
• Blanche Yurka
• Henry B. Walthall
• Donald Woods