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.
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Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton |
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Dorothy Tutin as Lucie Manette |
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Paul Guers as Charles Darnay |
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Marie Versini as Marie Gabelle |
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Ian Bannen as Gabelle |
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Cecil Parker as Jarvis Lorry |
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Stephen Murray as Dr. Manette |
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Athene Seyler as Miss Pross |
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Alfie Bass as Jerry Cruncher |
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Sacha Pitoëff as Gaspard |
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Christopher Lee as Marquis St. Evremonde |
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Donald Pleasence as Barsad |
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Leo McKern as Old Bailey |
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Eric Pohlmann as Sawyer |
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Duncan Lamont as Ernest Defargue |
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Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defargue |
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Freda Jackson as Vengeance |
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Yves Brainville as Foulon |
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Alan Tilvern as Grave Robber |
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Ernest Clark as Stryver |
| Writing | Charles Dickens | Novel |
| Directing | Ralph Thomas | Director |
| Production | Betty E. Box | Producer |
| Camera | Ernest Steward | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Jean Osborne | Unit Publicist |