A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
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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 evil tyrant Marquis St. Evermonde (Christopher Lee), the treacherous informer Barsad (Donald Pleasence), and the fanatical Madame Defarge (Rosalie Crutchley), who denounces Lucie and her husband Charles Darnay (Athene Seyler) to the tribunal. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Dirk Bogarde - Sydney Carton
- Cecil Parker - Jarvis Lorry
- Stephen Murray - Dr. Manette
- Paul Guers - Charles Darnay
- Alfie Bass - Jerry Cruncher
- Rosalie Crutchley - Madame Defarge
- Duncan Lamont - Ernest Defarge
- Leo McKern - Attorney General
- Eric Pohlmann - Sawyer
- Dorothy Tutin - Lucie Manette
- Marie Versini - Marie Gabelle
- Athene Seyler - Miss Pross
- Ian Bannen - Gabelle
- Ernest Clark - Stryver
- Freda Jackson - The Vengeance
- Christopher Lee - Marquis St. Evremonde
- Donald Pleasence - Barsad
- Dominique Boschero
- Director(s):
- Ralph Thomas
- Writer(s):
- T.E.B. Clarke
- Producer(s):
- Betty E. Box
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