The Secret of Monte Cristo
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Cast & Crew
Robert S. Baker
Rory Calhoun
John Gregson
Patricia Bredin
Peter Arne
Gianna Maria Canale
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Synopsis
When his employer is murdered by unknown assailants, Capt. Adam Corbett, an 18th-century soldier of fortune, joins the dead man's daughter, Pauline Jackson, in a search party seeking a treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. The group, each member of which holds a portion of the treasure map, includes Van Ryman, a Dutch sea captain, Auclair, a Frenchman, and Count Boldini, an Italian who is accompanied by his fiancée, Lucetta. When the adventurers land on the island, they are captured by Renato, the island's ruler, and his bandits. At first Renato orders his prisoners put to death, but he spares their lives when Corbett beats him in hand-to-hand combat. In uncovering the treasure in a cave, one of the men is wounded; and Corbett and Renato take the victim to a doctor on the mainland. They return in time to see Boldini escaping with the treasure. In the melee that follows, Lucetta attempts to shoot Corbett but accidentally kills Boldini. As Boldini falls, he overturns the treasure chest, revealing its contents--nothing but bits of rope and chain. (The real treasure was hidden in another ship by Pauline's manservant, and the ship has sunk to the bottom of the bay.) Corbett consoles himself with Pauline's love while Lucetta mourns her dead lover.
Cast
Rory Calhoun
John Gregson
Patricia Bredin
Peter Arne
Gianna Maria Canale
Ian Hunter
Sam Kydd
David Davies
Francis Matthews
Endre Muller
Tutte Lemkow
Tony Thawnton
C. Denier Warren
Michael Balfour
George Street
Walter Randall
John Sullivan
Bill Cummings
Derek Prentice
Crew
Robert S. Baker
Robert S. Baker
Bert Batt
Monty Berman
Monty Berman
Bill Daniels
Michael Green
Leon Griffiths
Allan Harris
Jeanne Henderson
John Jympson
Muir Mathieson
Clifton Parker
Joe Vegoda
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Location scenes filmed in southern Italy. Opened in London in August 1961 as The Treasure of Monte Cristo; running time: 95 min.
