A Tale of Two Cities/Oliver Twist/Great Expectations (DVD)

Three classic films adapted from novels by Charles Dickens. In 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1958), Sydney Carton (Dirk Bogarde) is a frivolous London barrister, hopelessly in love with Lucie (Dorothy Tutin), even after she marries Charles Darnay (Paul Guers), who is descended from an unpleasant French aristocrat. Darnay is lured back to France as the Revolution gets into swing where he is arrested and awaits execution. Sydney, seeing Lucie's despair, goes to France, frees Charles and takes his place in the queue for the guillotine. In 'Oliver Twist' (1948), Oliver (John Howard Davis) is a young orphan boy who is expelled from the workhouse run by Mr Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan). After becoming an apprentice to an undertaker Oliver decides to run away to London, only to meet the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) and fall amongst his gang of thieves, led by the scheming Fagin (Alec Guinness). Finally, in 'Great Expectations' (1946), orphan Pip (Anthony Wager) befriends an escaped convict before being elevated to higher circles as the companion of mad Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt) and her niece, Estella (Jean Simmons), with whom the boy quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip (John Mills) discovers a mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to become a gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible.

General

Studio:	Itv DVD
Release date:	February 2012
Movie released:	1958
Actors:	Dirk Bogarde • Dorothy Tutin • Cecil Parker • Stephen Murray • Ian Bannen • Marie Versini • Athene Seyler • Paul Guers • Christopher Lee • Leo McKern • Donald Pleasence • Alec Guinness • Robert Newton • Francis L Sullivan • John Howard-Davies • Kay Walsh • Mary Clare • Diana Dors • W G Fay • Kathleen Harrison • Gibb McLaughlin • Anthony Newley • Henry Stephenson • Josephine Stuart • Ralph Truman • Amy Veness • John Mills • Valerie Hobson • Bernard Miles • Finlay Currie • Martita Hunt • Jean Simmons • Anthony Wager
Contributors:	Betty E. Box • T.E.B Clarke • Richard Adinsell • Ronald Neame • Anthony Havelock-Allan • Cecil McGivern • Kay Walsh • Walter Goehr
Directors:	Ralph Thomas • David Lean
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Disks:	3
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital Mono
Video format:	Standard 4:3 (1.33:1)
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	PG
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X33-4QQ-3ME-3
Barcode:	5037115352033

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• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Biographies
• Other Documentary: 'A Profile of 'Oliver Twist'', 'A Profile of 'A Tale of Two Cities''

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