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A Tale of Five Cities(1951)
Status: Released
Date: 1951-03-01
49%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
They've Got Great Big Beautiful Ideas!
Overview:
An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
Austria,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
A.L.C.E.
Movie: A Tale of Five Cities
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bonar Colleano
Bob Mitchell
Barbara Kelly
Lesley
Anne Vernon
Jeannine Meunier
Eva Bartok
Kathaline Telek
Gina Lollobrigida
Maria Severini
Karin Himboldt
Charlotte Smith (as Karin Himbold)
Marcello Mastroianni
Aldo Mazzetti
Danny Green
Levinsky
Carl Jaffe
Charlotte's Brother
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Overview
An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
Release Date
1951-03-01
Average
4.857
Rating:
2.4 startsTagline
They've Got Great Big Beautiful Ideas!
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