The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1958 American television film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by David Susskind based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo. It aired as an episode of the DuPont Show of the Month.
| "The Count of Monte Cristo (1958 film)" | |
|---|---|
| Dupont Show of the Month episode | |
| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Based on | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas |
| Original air date | October 28, 1958 |
| Running time | 90 mins |
Variety called it "a well told adventure story for both children and adults, produced with taste and flair. The somewhat thick performances lent the - live-on-videotape production a sense of the swashbuckling; which was all to the good... camera direction was excellent."[1]
John Crosby in the Sacramento Bee wrote he was expecting to be bored "and wound up having an absolutely wonderful time."[2]
Cast
edit- Hurd Hatfield as Edmond Dantes
- Elizabeth Sellars as Mercedes
- Torin Thatcher
- Max Adrian as Morrell
- Ina Balin
- John Colicos
- George Voskoveo
- Michael Ebert
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Douglas Campbell
References
edit- ^ "The Count of Monte Cristo". Variety. 5 November 1958. p. 39.
- ^ Crosby, John (5 November 1958). "Dumas story was grand piece of live television". The Sacramento Bee. p. 45.