The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Most Dangerous Masquerade a Man Ever Lived!
91 min
The grandson of Edmond Dantes was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of connivers and shipped off to Devil's Island. Escaping with a fellow convict, political radical Bombelles, Dantes adopts the bearded guise of an elderly man in order to destroy his enemies and reclaim his birthright.
- Release date
- December 19, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Lucien Moraweck
Cast
- Louis Hayward as Edmond Dantes
- Barbara Britton as Angela Picard
- George Macready as Henri de la Roche
- Una O'Connor as Miss Beedle
- Henry Stephenson as Prof. Duval
- Steven Geray as Bombelles
- Ray Collins as Emil Blanchard
- Ludwig Donath as Judge Lafitte
- Ivan Triesault as Major Chavet
- Sam Appel as Guard
Crew
- Henry Levin · Director
- Alfred Neumann · Writer
- George Bruce · Writer
- Curt Siodmak · Writer
- Arnold Lipp · Writer
- Grant Whytock · Producer
- Lucien Moraweck · Composer
- Charles Lawton Jr. · Cinematographer
- Richard Fantl · Editor