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.
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 Pitoƫff
as Gaspard
Christopher Lee
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Donald Pleasence
as Barsad