A Tale of Two Cities
1958-02-07 | 115 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Dirk BogardeSydney Carton
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Dorothy TutinLucie Manette
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Paul GuersCharles Darnay
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Marie VersiniMarie Gabelle
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Ian BannenGabelle
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Cecil ParkerJarvis Lorry
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Stephen MurrayDr. Manette
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Athene SeylerMiss Pross
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Alfie BassJerry Cruncher
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Sacha PitoëffGaspard
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Christopher LeeMarquis St. Evremonde
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Donald PleasenceBarsad
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Leo McKernOld Bailey
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Eric PohlmannSawyer
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Duncan LamontErnest Defargue
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Rosalie CrutchleyMadame Defargue
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Freda JacksonVengeance
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Yves BrainvilleFoulon
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Alan TilvernGrave Robber
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Ernest ClarkStryver
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