The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alt=Series title over an image of crossed swords
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
Release
Original network	ATV
Original release	20 February – 7 December 1956
External links
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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.

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

1. A Toy for the Infanta
2. Marseilles
3. The Luxembourg Affair
4. The Texas Affair
5. The Mazzini Affair
6. The Carbonari
7. The Devil's Emissary
8. Bordeaux
9. Flight to Calais
10. Albania
11. Naples
12. The Art of Terror
13. The Experiment
14. Mecklenburg
15. The Portuguese Affair
16. Lichtenburg
17. Burgundy
18. Majorca
19. Sicily
20. A Matter of Justice
21. Athens
22. The Talleyrand Affair
23. The Island
24. The Barefoot Empress
25. The Brothers
26. Monaco
27. Point, Counter Point
28. The Black Death
29. Victor Hugo
30. Return to the Chateau D'if
31. The Pen and the Sword
32. The Sardinian Affair
33. The Affair of the Three Napoleons
34. The Dubarry Affair
35. The First Train to Paris
36. The Golden Blade
37. The Duel
38. Andorra
39. An Affair of Honour

External links

• The Count of Monte Cristo at TV.com
• The Count of Monte Cristo at IMDb