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Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

Historical drama set during the French Revolution. A young English lawyer falls for the wife of a French nobleman and finds himself caught up in one of history's bloodiest uprisings. This was the sixth film adaptation of Dickens's famous novel. Unlike most of the others, this was actually shot in England and France.

Last on

Sun 2 Sep 2012 12:30 BBC Two except Scotland

Credits

Sydney Carton
Dirk Bogarde
Lucie Manette
Dorothy Tutin
Jarvis Lorry
Cecil Parker
Dr Manette
Stephen Murray
Miss Pross
Athene Seyler
Marquis St Evremonde
Christopher Lee
John Barsad
Donald Pleasance
Madame Defarge
Rosalie Crutchley
Charles Darney
Paul Guers
Ernest Defarge
Duncan Lamont
Jerry Cruncher
Alfie Bass
Director
Ralph Thomas
Producer
Betty E Box
Writer
TEB Clarke

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