Movie

A Tale of Two Cities

Released: February 7, 1958 (1958)

Runtime: 115 minutes

Genres: Drama, History, Romance

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Athene Seyler as Miss Pross
Age at release: 68
Cecil Parker as Jarvis Lorry
Age at release: 60
Stephen Murray as Dr. Manette
Age at release: 45
Sacha Pitoëff as Gaspard
Age at release: 37
Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton
Age at release: 36
Alfie Bass as Jerry Cruncher
Age at release: 36
Paul Guers as Charles Darnay
Age at release: 30
Ian Bannen as Gabelle
Age at release: 29
Dorothy Tutin as Lucie Manette
Age at release: 27
Marie Versini as Marie Gabelle
Age at release: 17

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Freda Jackson as Vengeance
Age at release: 48
Ernest Clark as Stryver
Age at release: 45
Eric Pohlmann as Sawyer
Age at release: 44
Yves Brainville as Foulon
Age at release: 43
Duncan Lamont as Ernest Defargue
Age at release: 39
Alan Tilvern as Grave Robber
Age at release: 39
Donald Pleasence as Barsad
Age at release: 38
Rosalie Crutchley as Madame Defargue
Age at release: 38
Leo McKern as Old Bailey
Age at release: 37
Christopher Lee as Marquis St. Evremonde
Age at release: 35