A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Dirk Bogarde	...	Sydney Carton
	Dorothy Tutin	...	Lucie Manette
	Cecil Parker	...	Jarvis Lorry
	Stephen Murray	...	Dr. Manette
	Athene Seyler	...	Miss Pross
	Paul Guers	...	Charles Darnay
	Marie Versini	...	Marie Gabelle
	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-Old Bailey

Storyline

During the French Revolution, French national Lucie Manette meets and falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay. He is however hiding his true identity as a member of the French aristocratic Evrémonde family, who he has denounced in private. The Marquis St. Evrémonde in particular was a cruel man, those he wronged who have vowed to see the end of the family line at any cost. Lucie's father Dr. Alexandre Manette, in fact, was imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years because of actions of the Marquis. Into their lives comes English barrister Sydney Carton, who enjoys his alcohol to excess. Carton earlier defended Darnay in a trial on trumped up charges of treason. Carton doesn't really like Darnay in part because Carton also loves Lucie, he realizing that that love is unrequited. But Carton does eventually learn of Darnay's true heritage at a critical time... Written by Huggo  

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