A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Release Date: Aug 4, 1958 Wide
Release Date: Aug 4, 1958 Wide
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Screenwriter T.E.B. Clarke, the writer of such fifties British comedies as The Lavender Hill Mob and Passport to Pimlico, dips his pen into a more stately inkwell in this stilted adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel A Tale of Two Cities. Dirk Bogarde takes the lead role of worn-down, drunken lawyer Sydney Carton, who finally wakes up from his stupor during the French Revolution to make the ultimate sacrifice for Lucie Manette (Dorothy Tutin), the love of his life. Also on hand are the
Aug 4, 1958 Wide
Jan 1, 1998
Cast
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Dirk Bogarde
Sydney Carton -
Dorothy Tutin
Lucie Manette -
Cecil Parker
Jarvis Lorry -
Marie Versini
Marie Gabelle -
Stephen Murray
Dr. Manette -
Paul Guers
Charles Darnay -
Athene Seyler
Miss Pross -
Ian Bannen
Gabelle -
Alfie Bass
Jerry Cruncher -
Ernest Clark
Stryver -
Rosalie Crutchley
Madame Defarge -
Freda Jackson
The Vengeance -
Duncan Lamont
Ernest Defarge -
Christopher Lee
Marquis St. Evremonde -
Leo McKern
Attorney General -
Donald Pleasence
Barsad -
Eric Pohlmann
Sawyer -
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Foreign Titles
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) (UK)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) (CA)
