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A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. 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.
14 Cast Members
Wendell Corey
Sydney Carton
Wanda Hendrix
Lucie Manette
Murray Matheson
Dr. Alexander Manette
Carleton Young
Charles Darnay
Esther Dale
Pross
Paul Cavanagh
Mr. Stryver
Norman Budd
Jerry Cruncher
Ted Stanhope
The Judge
Colin Kenny
The Baliff
Whit Bissell
Host
Judith Evelyn
Therese Defarge
Robert Foulk
Ernest Defarge
Ivan Triesault
The President
Lucille Pierlot
The Seamstress
