Name: The Son of Monte Cristo
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1941-01-10
Rating: 39
Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates, Lionel Royce

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Tom M

Typical 40's swashbuckler. Sanders is perfectly evil as expected. Bennett's character is disappointingly weak but she's quite lovely nonetheless.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/21

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Audience Member

Sword-fighting adventure. Not brilliant, but fun. George Sanders is understated (and might I add, sexy) as the calmly calculating, jackbooted military leader determined to be king. The leading lady and gent are as charming as the script allows.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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ashley h

Son of Monte Cristo is an okay film. It is about the son of Edmond Dantes who succeeds in overthrowing a dictatorship. Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. George Bruce did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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kevin w

Louis Hayward was a proficient actor of his time, a recognizable commodity, if hardly thought of nowadays, not one of those that people say "remember that movie he was in ... he was great." The same could be said of Joan Bennett. So their romantic teaming can be seen as a pretty good move, but there's little fireworks here. The story, the script, cribbed from a dozen similar, better tales, lets them down. They look into each other's eyes ... and have nothing to say. Once again it's left to inveterate character actor George Sanders to carry the film, which he does with his sympathetic portrayal of the bad guy. He's amazing, and the real reason to see this.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Such a classic story and riveting characters - wasted on this joke of a script.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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This movie was everything I didn't know I wanted it to be. A sequel to such a solid film (The Count of Monte Cristo) it by no means measures up when put side by side, but it measures well enough on its own scale. This film keeps me glued to my seat and watching it over and over again.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Rowland V. Lee

Director

Louis Hayward

Edmund Dantes Jr.

Joan Bennett

Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg

George Sanders

General Gurko Lanen

Florence Bates

Countess Mathilde Von Braun

Lionel Royce

Colonel Zimmerman

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Synopsis

Edmond Dantes Jr. (Louis Hayward), the dashing son of the Count of Monte Cristo, finds his own adventure in the kingdom of Lichtenburg. Although the Grand Duchess of Zona (Joan Bennett) rightfully rules over the territory, she is engaged in a power struggle with evil Gen. Gurko (George Sanders), who conspires to take over. Dantes dons all manner of cunning disguises to come to the queen's aid, taking on the identity of a banker, a revolutionary and many others.

Director: Rowland V. Lee
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Edward Small Productions
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 10, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 42m

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