The Return of Monte Cristo
NR
1946
91 minutes
Overview
Louis Hayward, star of 1940's Son of Monte Cristo, returns to Alexandre Dumas territory in Columbia's Return of Monte Cristo. This time, Hayward plays the grandson of his namesake Edmond Dantes, who, it will be recalled, 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. One of his principal antagonists - at least during the first half of the film - is haughty aristocrat Angele Picard, who because she wasn't a part of the original conspiracy genuinely believes that Dantes is a criminal.
Top Cast
Louis Hayward
Edmond Dantes
Barbara Britton
Angela Picard
George Macready
Henri de la Roche
Una O'Connor
Miss Beedle
Henry Stephenson
Prof. Duval
Steven Geray
Bombelles
Ray Collins
Emil Blanchard
Ludwig Donath
Judge Lafitte
Ivan Triesault
Major Chavet