The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)

The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)

Infobox ITC
show_name = The Count of Monte Cristo
format = Historical drama
runtime = 30 minutes
creator = Sidney Marshall
starring = George Dolenz
country = UK
network = ATV
first_aired = February 20, 1956
last_aired = December 7, 1956
num_episodes = 39
company = ITC Entertainment
TPA

"The Count of Monte Cristo" was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the US, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/CountOfMonteCristo.htm |title=The Count of Monte Cristo |accessdate=2008-04-22 |author=Alan Keeling, Alan Collins, D.W. McGregor |date=August 2006 |work=UK Historical TV Adventure series |publisher=The Classic TV Archive]

ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, "The Count of Monte-Cristo", in 1975.

Main cast

* George Dolenz as the title character
* Fortunio Bonanova
* Robert Cawdron
* Nick Cravat

Minor guest stars who would go on to later fame included Patrick Troughton, Stratford Johns, Cyril Shaps, Anthony Newlands and Nigel Davenport.

Episode list

#"A Toy for the Infanta"
#"Marseilles"
#"The Luxembourg Affair"
#"The Texas Affair"
#"The Mazzini Affair"
#"The Carbonari"
#"The Devil's Emissary"
#"Bordeaux"
#"Flight to Calais"
#"Albania"
#"Naples"
#"The Art of Terror"
#"The Experiment"
#"Mecklenburg"
#"The Portuguese Affair"
#"Lichtenburg"
#"Burgundy"
#"Majorca"
#"Sicily"
#"A Matter of Justice"
#"Athens"
#"The Talleyrand Affair"
#"The Island"
#"The Barefoot Empress"
#"The Brothers"
#"Monaco"
#"Point, Counter Point"
#"The Black Death"
#"Victor Hugo"
#"Return to the Chateau D'if"
#"The Pen and the Sword"
#"The Sardinian Affair"
#"The Affair of the Three Napoleons"
#"The Dubarry Affair"
#"The First Train to Paris"
#"The Golden Blade"
#"The Duel"
#"Andorra"
#"An Affair of Honour"

References

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-count-of-monte-cristo/show/9786/summary.html TV.com entry]
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