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
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
Freda Jackson as Vengeance
Yves Brainville as Foulon
Alan Tilvern as Grave Robber
Ernest Clark as Stryver
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