The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961 film)

The Treasure of Monte Cristo
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
	American poster
Directed by	Robert S. Baker ; Monty Berman
Written by	Leon Griffiths
Produced by	Robert S. Baker ; Monty Berman
Starring	Rory Calhoun, Patricia Bredin ; John Gregson ; Gianna Maria Canale
Cinematography	Robert S. Baker ; Monty Berman
Edited by	John Jympson
Music by	Clifton Parker
Production; company	Mid Century Film Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	22 June 1961;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Treasure of Monte Cristo is a 1961 British film directed by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker.^[1]

The film features Rory Calhoun as an army captain in 1815 who goes off in search of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo.^[2] It is a prequel to Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

The film takes the same name as an unofficial sequel novel to The Count of Monte Cristo, namely The Treasure of Monte Cristo, written by Jules Lermina in 1885. In the United States it was released under the alternative title The Secret of Monte Cristo.^[3]

Cast

Rory Calhoun as Captain Adam Corbett
Patricia Bredin as Pauline
John Gregson as Renato
Peter Arne as Boldini
Ian Hunter as Colonel Jackson
David Davies as Van Ryman
Sam Kydd as Albert
Francis Matthews as Louis Auclair
Gianna Maria Canale as Lucetta Di Marca

References

^ "The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
^ "The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) - Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
^ "The Secret Of Monte Cristo | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.

External links

The Treasure of Monte Cristo at IMDb

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[1] "The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.

[2] "The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) - Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.

[3] "The Secret Of Monte Cristo | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.

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