The Wife of Monte Cristo

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The Wife of Monte Cristo is a 1946 American historical adventure film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring John Loder, Lenore Aubert and Fritz Kortner. The film is a inspired by the novel The Count of Monte Cristo and features its protagonist Edmond Dantès. It was made and distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation, on a higher budget than was usual for the studio which focused on cheap second features. It was successful at the box office.^[1]

Plot

Edmund Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo, returns in 1832, now accompanied by his wife, Countess Haydee. Dantes is seeking revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment, and justice for the Parisians being mistreated by the Prefect of Police. Wearing a mask and going by The Avenger", Dantes finds himself fighting with the Gendarmerie, getting wounded, and having Haydee wear the mask in his stead and take his place as "The Avenger".^[2]

Cast

• John Loder as De Villefort, Prefect of Police
• Lenore Aubert as Countess of Monte Cristo Haydée
• Fritz Kortner as Maillard
• Charles Dingle as Danglars
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Jacques Antoine
• Martin Kosleck as Edmund Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
• Fritz Feld as Bonnett
• Eva Gabor as Mme. Lucille Maillard
• Clancy Cooper as Baptiste
• John Bleifer as Louis
• Egon Brecher as Proprietor
• Anthony Warde as Captain Benoit
• Colin Campbell as Abbe Faria
• Virginia Christine as Florice Michaud

References

Bibliography

• Isenberg, Noah William. Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins. University of California Press, 2014.

External links

• The Wife of Monte Cristo at IMDb
• The Wife of Monte Cristo at AllMovie
• The Wife of Monte Cristo at the TCM Movie Database