- The Son of Monte Cristo
Infobox Film
name=The Son of Monte Cristo
director=Rowland V. Lee
producer=Rowland V. Lee
writer=George Bruce
starring=Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
George Sanders
music=Edward Ward
cinematography=George Robinson
editing=Arthur Roberts
released=10 January 1940
runtime=102 min
distributor=United Artists
country=USA
language=English
imdb_id=0033076"The Son of Monte Cristo" is a 1940
Black-and-white film directed byRowland V. Lee and starringLouis Hayward ,Joan Bennett , George Sanders.In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dicator of "Lichtenburg" in the Balkans. Rightful ruler Zona hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo falls for Zona and undertakes to help her, masquerading as a foppish banker and a masked freedom fighter. The rest is rapid-fire intrigue and derring-do.
The Film takes the same name as the unofficial "Sequel" The Son of Monte Cristo written by Jules Lermina in 1881.
Characters
* Edmond Dantes, Jr. (
Louis Hayward )
* Grand Duchess Zona (Joan Bennett )
* Gen. Gurko Lanen (George Sanders)External links
* [http://marengofilms.com/cyrano.htm Marengo Films DVD Double Feature:] Cyrano de Bergerac / The Son of Monte Cristo
*imdb title|id=0033076|title=The Son of Monte Cristo
*Jules Lermina's Son of Monte Cristo http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22086
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