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 Tale of Two Cities in his mind as he is pushed towards the slot where the blade would fall. In order of appearance: Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 3 Chapter 13 While performing in "The Frozen Deep", Dickens was given a play to read called "The Dead Heart" by Watts Phillips which had the historical setting, the basic storyline, and the climax that Dickens used in "A Tale of Two Cities". The play was produced while "A Tale of Two Cities" was being serialized in "All the Year