The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1934-09-06
Genre:Drama, Adventure
Duration:113 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Rowland V. Lee
Actors:Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn
Production:Edward Small Productions

Overview:

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

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