07 February 1958 Drama, History, Romance 115 mins
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton
Dorothy Tutin as Lucie Manette
Paul Guers as Charles Darnay
Marie Versini as Marie Gabelle
Ian Bannen as Gabelle
Cecil Parker as Jarvis Lorry
Stephen Murray as Dr. Manette
Athene Seyler as Miss Pross
Alfie Bass as Jerry Cruncher
Sacha Pitoëff as Gaspard
Christopher Lee as Marquis St. Evremonde
Donald Pleasence as Barsad
Leo McKern as Old Bailey
Eric Pohlmann as Sawyer
Duncan Lamont as Ernest Defargue
Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defargue
Ralph Thomas Director
Charles Dickens Novel
Ernest Steward Director of Photography
Richard Addinsell Original Music Composer
Jean Osborne Unit Publicist
Alfred Roome Editor
Betty E. Box Producer
United Kingdom 07 February 1958
Greece 14 October 1958
Netherlands 10 May 2007
United States 04 August 1958
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