A Tale Of Two Cities (Film 1958)

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859). Click on CC for optional English subtitles.

Filming started 3 July 1957 at Bourges in France for four weeks of location work. The film was shot in the Loire Valley in France, because it was the only place without telegraph poles. Several thousand American soldiers posted nearby in Orléans were used as extras. Shooting took six weeks. The film was the most expensive British production of its year

Cast & Characters:
Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton
Dorothy Tutin as Lucie Manette
Paul Guers as Charles Darnay (Voice dubbed by Tim Turner – uncredited)
Marie Versini as Marie Gabelle
Ian Bannen as Gabelle
Alfie Bass as Jerry Cruncher
Cecil Parker as Jarvis Lorry
Stephen Murray as Dr. Manette
Athene Seyler as Miss Pross
Ernest Clark as Stryver
Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defarge
Freda Jackson as the Vengeance
Duncan Lamont as Ernest Defarge
Leo McKern as Attorney General-Old Bailey
Donald Pleasence as John Barsad
Christopher Lee as Marquis St. Evremonde
Sam Kydd as Coachman