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.
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
