Pross Frank Stanmore – Jarvis Lorry Gibb McLaughlin – Barsad Gordon McLeod – Ernest Defarge Jean Jay – Jeanne Defarge Margaret Yarde – The Vengeance Judd Green – Prosecutor Fred Rains – President Jack Raymond – Jacques Production Wilcox says he made the film after "a period of unimpressive films". He bought the rights to the play and had John Martin Harvey to reprise his stage role. "It was a unique experience, since Martin Harvey was the finest actor I had directed up to that time," wrote Wilcox. The film reportedly went £5,000 over budget. Reception Wilcox wrote "I was inundated with congratulations and praise for my direction. But, remembering the hard lesson of the praise lavished on The Wonderful Story [a critical success which had flopped] I took no risks and put all my knowledge of showmanship into presenting it." Wilcox arranged a gala premiere at the London Hippodrome. The film later resulted in a lawsuit involving block booking. References Bibliography Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997. Wilcox, Herbert, Twenty Five Thousand Sunsets, 1967 External links 1926 films British historical drama films British silent feature films 1920s historical drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Herbert Wilcox Films set in London Films set in Paris British films based on plays Films based on A Tale of Two Cities Films set in the 1770s Films set in the 1780s Films set in the 1790s French Revolution films Films based on British novels Films about capital punishment Films based on adaptations British black-and-white films 1926 drama films 1920s British films Silent drama films