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Release Date: 1958

Cast: Alfie Bass, Dorothy Tutin, Paul Guers, Cecil Parker, Marie Versini, Ian Bannen, Athene Seyler, Dirk Bogarde, Stephen Murray

Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, Film Adaptation, Drama Film, History, Black-And-White

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities. It starred Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin, and was directed by Ralph Thomas. Ralph Thomas insisted on the film being shot in black and white as he felt the book was written in black and white.The film was shot in the Loire Valley in France with several thousand American soldiers posted nearby in Orleans used as extras. Largely accurate to the novel with a few sub plots removed and the story of Doctor Manette's imprisonment moved to the beginning of the film. The other change was the ending as... MORE

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities. It starred Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin, and was directed by Ralph Thomas. Ralph Thomas insisted on the film being shot in black and white as he felt the book was written in black and white.The film was shot in the Loire Valley in France with several thousand American soldiers posted nearby in Orleans used as extras. Largely accurate to the novel with a few sub plots removed and the story of Doctor Manette's imprisonment moved to the beginning of the film. The other change was the ending as Carton's prophetic words were difficult to film instead he focuses on the near future seeing his companion go to her death and saying "Suddenly, I want to weep but I must hold my tears check lest they think it is myself I weep for; and who would weep for Sydney Carton? A little time ago none in all the world; but somebody will weep for me now, and that knowledge redeems a worthless life, worthless but for this final moment, which makes it all the worthwhile. It is a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done it is a far far better rest that I go to then I have ever known." [edit] LESS