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The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

PG Sep 06, 1934 Drama, Adventure 1h 53m
68%
User Score
7.4/10
88%

Romance Lives On ... In The Glory Of Dumas' Immortal Novel !

Overview

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

Rowland V. Lee
Director
Philip Dunne
Writer
Dan Totheroh
Writer
Harvey F. Thew
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Robert Donat
Robert Donat

Edmond Dantes
Elissa Landi
Elissa Landi

Mercedes
Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern

De Villefort Jr.
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer

Mondego
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn

Danglars
O. P. Heggie
O. P. Heggie

Abbe Faria
Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey

Valentine
Georgia Caine
Georgia Caine

Mme. De Rosas
Walter Walker
Walter Walker

Morrel

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The Count Of Monte Cristo 1934 TRAILER Robert Donat
The Count Of Monte Cristo 1934 TRAILER Robert Donat
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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on June 13, 2022

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 lobbed into the sea - only to be rescued, discover the treasure and set upon his path of retribution on those who committed him to his life of torture. His vengeance is perfectly measured. He uses the...

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