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A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

Directed by Ralph Thomas

Overview

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.

Length 115 minutes

Actors

Dirk Bogarde | Dorothy Tutin | Paul Guers | Marie Versini | Ian Bannen | Cecil Parker | Stephen Murray | Athene Seyler | Alfie Bass | Sacha Pitoƫff | Christopher Lee | Donald Pleasence | Leo McKern | Eric Pohlmann | Duncan Lamont | Rosalie Crutchley | Freda Jackson | Yves Brainville | Alan Tilvern | Ernest Clark