The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Count of Monte Cristo. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee and starred Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, and Louis Calhern. The film also has two sequels that followed, The Return of Monte Cristo in 1936 and The Son of Monte Cristo in 1940, the latter directed by original director Rowland V. Lee.
In 1815, a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba. A letter f...
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Count of Monte Cristo. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee and starred Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, and Louis Calhern. The film also has two sequels that followed, The Return of Monte Cristo in 1936 and The Son of Monte Cristo in 1940, the latter directed by original director Rowland V. Lee.
In 1815, a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba. A letter from the exiled Napoleon is given to the ship's captain to deliver to a man in Marseille. Before he dies of a sickness, the captain entrusts the task to his first officer, Edmond Dantes (Robert Donat). However, the city magistrate, Raymond de Villefort Jr. (Louis Calhern), is tipped off by an informer, the second officer, Dangler (Raymond Walburn), and has both men arrested after the exchange.
Dantes' "friend" Fernand Mondego (Sidney Blackmer) accompanies him to the jail. However, he, Danglers, and de Villefort all stand to gain from keeping...
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