A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 British film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin. It is a period drama based on parts of Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859). Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine. Ralph Thomas insisted
A Case of Two Cities would be hot water bottles in each hotel rooms. for the tea. Therefore, the absence of hot water bottles was an oversight and is equal to an insult. From the American perceptive, a hot water bottle is not a standard requirement item in the hotel room, as offering tea to your guests is not a standard for the American. A Case of Two Cities A Case of Two Cities is Qiu Xiaolong's fourth Inspector Chen novel (after 2004's "When Red Is Black"). Character, poetry, insights into Chinese society and culture, and food all come before story in this crime novel.