Monte Cristo

6.2(12)19221h 40m

DramaRomance

A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...

Director

Emmett J. Flynn

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Cast

John Gilbert

Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Estelle Taylor

Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf

Robert McKim

De Villefort, the king's attorney

William V. Mong

Caderousse, the innkeeper

Virginia Brown Faire

Haidee, an Arabian Princess

George Siegmann

Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate

Spottiswoode Aitken

Abbé Faria

Ralph Cloninger

Fernand, Count de Morcert

Harry Lonsdale

Dantes, Father of Edmond

Albert Prisco

Baron Danglars

Howard Kendall

Surgeon

Willard Koch

Tailor at Cheateau f'If

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

The dashing John Gilbert is really quite good in this two-part adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas adventure. He is the wronged "Edmond", who finds himself the subject of jealousy and ambition before being sentenced to life imprisonment in the fearsome "Chateau D'If" prison. After many years in captivity, he is visited by the elderly Abbé Faria (Spottiswoode Aitken) who has been trying to tunnel his...