The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 19, 1946Release Date
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 19, 1946Release Date
Plot.
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 (Steven Geray), 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 (Barbara Britton), who because she wasn't a part of the original conspiracy genuinely believes that Dantes is a criminal.
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Cast & Crew.
Louis Hayward
Edmond Dantes
Barbara Britton
Angela Picard
George Macready
Henri de la Roche
Henry Stephenson
Prof. Duval
Una O'Connor
Miss Beedle
Henry Levin
Director
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Alfred Neumann
Writer
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The Return of Monte Cristo is a 1946 American historical adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Louis Hayward, Barbara Britton and George Macready. It was produced by Edward Small for distribution by Columbia Pictures. A swashbuckler, it is a sequel to The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) and The Son of Monte Cristo (1940).