A Tale of Two Cities

1h

TV Movie

Drama

A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. 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.

Cast

Wendell Corey

Wendell Corey

Sydney Carton
Wanda Hendrix

Wanda Hendrix

Lucie Manette
Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Dr. Alexander Manette
Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Charles Darnay
Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

Mr. Stryver
Norman Budd

Norman Budd

Jerry Cruncher
Ted Stanhope

Ted Stanhope

The Judge
Colin Kenny

Colin Kenny

The Baliff
Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Therese Defarge
Robert Foulk

Robert Foulk

Ernest Defarge
Ivan Triesault

Ivan Triesault

The President
Lucille Pierlot

Lucille Pierlot

The Seamstress

Release date

3rd May 1953

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English