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Monte Cristo

1922 · 100 min · US

Directed by Emmett J. Flynn

A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...

Drama · Romance

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1922 · Source: Grandpa's Old Movies Chest

Public domain presentation

Cast & Crew

Emmett J. Flynn · DirectorJohn Gilbert · Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte CristoEstelle Taylor · Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf

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Cast

Principal players
John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Estelle Taylor

Estelle Taylor

Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf

Robert McKim

Robert McKim

De Villefort, the king's attorney

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

Caderousse, the innkeeper

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Haidee, an Arabian Princess

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate

Spottiswoode Aitken

Spottiswoode Aitken

Abbé Faria

R

Ralph Cloninger

Fernand, Count de Morcert

Harry Lonsdale

Harry Lonsdale

Dantes, Father of Edmond

Albert Prisco

Albert Prisco

Baron Danglars

H

Howard Kendall

Surgeon

W

Willard Koch

Tailor at Cheateau f'If

Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass

Albert de Morcerf

Renée Adorée

Renée Adorée

Eugénie Danglars

Al W. Filson

Al W. Filson

Morrel

Crew

Sandro Salvini

writer

Lucien N. Andriot

cinematographer

Charles Fechter

writer

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