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A Tale of Five Cities
A Tale of Five Cities

A Tale of Five Cities

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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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

4.9/10

Release Date

01 March 1951

Country

Austria

Cast

Bonar Colleano

Bonar Colleano

Bob Mitchell

Barbara Kelly

Barbara Kelly

Lesley

Anne Vernon

Anne Vernon

Jeannine Meunier

Eva Bartok

Eva Bartok

Kathaline Telek

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Maria Severini

Karin Himboldt

Karin Himboldt

Charlotte Smith (as Karin Himbold)

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Aldo Mazzetti

Lily Kann

Lily Kann

Charlady

Danny Green

Danny Green

Levinsky

Carl Jaffe

Carl Jaffe

Charlotte's Brother

MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke

New York Magazine Editor (as Macdonald Parke)

Aletha Orr

Aletha Orr

Matron

Geoffrey Sumner

Geoffrey Sumner

Wingco

Philip Leaver

Philip Leaver

Italian Official

Annette Poivre

Annette Poivre

Annette

Charles Irwin

Charles Irwin

London Editor

Arthur Gomez

Arthur Gomez

Carabinieri

Lana Morris

Lana Morris

Delia Morel Romanoff

Dany Dauberson

Dany Dauberson

Andrew Irvine

Andrew Irvine

Jimmy

Enzo Staiola

Enzo Staiola

A Boy

Raymond Bussières

Raymond Bussières

Jeannine's brother

Liliana Tellini

Liliana Tellini

Lamberto Maggiorani

Lamberto Maggiorani

O.W. Fischer

O.W. Fischer

Vera Molnar

Vera Molnar

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Barman

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