The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Created by	Sidney Marshall
Starring	George Dolenz
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	ITC Entertainment TPA
Broadcast
Original channel	ATV
Original run	20 February 1956 – 7 December 1956

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.^[1]

A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010 (currently only in Region 2 PAL format; not yet available in the United States).

ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.

Main cast

George Dolenz as the title character
Fortunio Bonanova
Robert Cawdron
Nick Cravat

Minor guest stars who would go on to later fame included Patrick Troughton, Stratford Johns, Cyril Shaps, Anthony Newlands, John Barrard, Raf De La Torre and Nigel Davenport.

Episode list

A Toy for the Infanta
Marseilles
The Luxembourg Affair
The Texas Affair
The Mazzini Affair
The Carbonari
The Devil's Emissary
Bordeaux
Flight to Calais
Albania
Niples
The Art of Terror
The Experiment
Mecklenburg
The Portuguese Affair
Lichtenburg
Burgundy
Majorca
Sicily
A Matter of Justice
Athens
The Talleyrand Affair
The Island
The Barefoot Empress
The Brothers
Monaco
Point, Counter Point
The Black Death
Victor Hugo
Return to the Chateau D'if
The Pen and the Sword
The Sardinian Affair
The Affair of the Three Napoleons
The Dubarry Affair
The First Train to Paris
The Golden Blade
The Duel
Andorra
An Affair of Honour

References

↑ Alan Keeling, Alan Collins, D.W. McGregor (August 2006). "The Count of Monte Cristo". UK Historical TV Adventure series. The Classic TV Archive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.

External links

Alexandre Dumas

Novels	The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Musketeers The Black Tulip Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge La Dame de Monsoreau Georges The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Queen's Necklace La Reine Margot The New Troy Twenty Years After The Two Dianas The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Wolf Leader La Sanfelice

Characters	Edmond Dantès Aramis Athos Anne of Austria D'Artagnan Abbé Faria Milady de Winter Porthos Cardinal Richelieu Comte de Rochefort M. de Tréville

Films	The Corsican Brothers (1941) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers The Fifth Musketeer The Four Musketeers The Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) The Man in the Iron Mask Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers The Musketeer La Reine Margot (1954) La Reine Margot (1994) The Return of the Musketeers Les Trois Mousquetaires The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1933) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Three Musketeers (1992 animated) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Three Musketeers (2011)

TV programs	Gankutsuou Albert the Fifth Musketeer The Count of Monte Cristo Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Young Blades The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo

Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria

Films	Monte Cristo (1922) The Count of Monte Cristo (1929) The Countess of Monte-Christo The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Vanjikottai Valiban Raj Tilak The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Padayottam Veta The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Television	The Count of Monte Cristo Ezel Revenge Montecristo Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Literature	The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth

Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (film)

Related	Pierre Picaud "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" Gankutsuou characters