Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Donat

   Edmond Dantes

2. 

   Elissa Landi

   Mercedes

3. 

   Louis Calhern

   De Villefort Jr.

4. 

   Sidney Blackmer

   Mondego

5. 

   Raymond Walburn

   Danglars

6. 

   O. P. Heggie

   Abbe Faria

7. 

   Irene Hervey

   Valentine

8. 

   Georgia Caine

   Mme. De Rosas

9. 

   Walter Walker

   Morrel

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13

Robert Donat is great in this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel. He is the wrongly imprisoned "Edmond Dantes", an honest sailor sent to live out his life on a prison island, never to return. He tunnels, and as luck would have it, rather than the sea he discovers another long-term inmate the "Abbé Faria" (OP Heggie), an elderly priest who refused to divulge to the authorities the whereabouts of the legendary treasure of "Monte Cristo". Dying, the man reveals that secret to "Edmond", who cleverly manages to substitute his body for the old man's corpse upon his death, and who is now ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,500,000.00

Keywords

• prison
• escape
• napoleon bonaparte
• revenge
• dungeon
• 19th century