''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a 1961 French-Italian film version of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel directed by

Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Biography Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...

Cast

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Paradine Case'' (1947), ''Lette ...

: Edmond Dantes * Yvonne Furneaux: Mercedes * Pierre Mondy: Caderousse * Bernard Dhéran: Villefort * Franco Silva: Mario * Claudine Coster: Haydée *

Jean-Claude Michel Jean-Claude Michel (1925–1999) was a French actor. Michel was known for being the French voice of Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood in most of their films. He also dubbed Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Vittorio Gassman, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Mitc ...

: Fernand de Morcerf * Yves Rénier: Albert de Mortcerf * Roldano Lupi: Morel * Marie Mergey: Madame Caderousse *

Jean Martinelli Jean Martinelli (15 August 1909 – 13 March 1983) was a French actor who appeared in over 50 French films between 1933 and 1983, mostly in supporting roles. One of his few international films was Alfred Hitchcock's classic film ''To Catch a Thie ...

: Vidocq * Henri Guisol: L'abbé Faria

Reception

The film was the seventh most popular film at the French box office in 1961. The sixth most popular was a version of ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

''.French box office for 1961
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''The Count of Monte Cristo''
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