The Count of Monte Cristo 1934

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The Count of Monte Cristo ★★★ 1934

A true swashbuckling revenge tale about Edmond Dantes (Donat), who unjustly spends years in prison. After escaping and retrieving a pirate treasure from the island of Monte Cristo, he gains ever so sweet and served quite cold revenge. Adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic. 114m/B VHS . Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Irene Hervey, Raymond Walburn, O.P. Heggie; D: Rowland V. Lee; W: Rowland V. Lee, Philip Dunne; C: J. Peverell Marley; M: Alfred Newman.

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