The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
- Directed by
- Rowland V. Lee
- Genre
- drama film, swashbuckler film, adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The son of the famous Count of Monte Cristo gets involved in a conflict in a small European country. He helps a duchess fight against a corrupt general who has taken over the government.
adventurousromanticclassicheroicswashbucklingfast-paceddramaticlighthearted
What happens
The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckler adventure film from United Artists, produced by Edward Small, directed by Rowland V. Lee, that stars Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders. The Small production uses the same sets and many of the same cast and production crew as his previous year's production of The Man in the Iron Mask. Hayward returned to star in Small's The Return of Monte Cristo (1946). The film takes its name from The Son of Monte Cristo, the unofficial sequel to The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Jules Lermina in 1881. Using elements from several romantic swashbucklers of the time such as The Prisoner of Zenda and The Mark of Zorro the production also mirrors the situation of Continental Europe in 1939–1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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