A Tale of Two Cities (1989 TV series)

A Tale of Two Cities is a British-French television series which first aired on ITV in 1989. It is an adaptation of the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

Plot summary

Selected cast

• James Wilby as Sydney Carton
• Xavier Deluc as Charles Darnay
• Serena Gordon as Lucie Manette
• John Mills as Jarvis Lorry
• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Dr. Alexandre Manette
• Anna Massey as Miss Pross
• Kathy Kriegel as Madame Defarge
• Alfred Lynch as Jerry Cruncher
• Gérard Klein as Monsieur Defarge
• Jonathan Adams as Stryver
• Karl Johnson as Barsad
• Marie Bunel as Peasant Girl
• Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus as Road Mender
• François Lalande as Gabelle
• Claude Le Saché as Aristocrat
• André Maranne as Aristocrat
• Nicolas Serreau as Jacques
• Jean-Pierre Stewart as Public Prosecutor
• Michel Subor as Le père de Darnay
• Jean-Marc Bory as Marquis St. Evrémonde
• Mary Healey as Mrs. Cruncher

References

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

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