The attractive and varied settings within the production design done by Walter Patriarca as well as the art direction by Andrew Patriarca with Walter Patriarca are very much above-average even for theatrical-release films. The cinematography by Aldo Tinti I find to be memorable, as is the lyrical score by Allyn Ferguson. Even those unable to understand something being of another age but not 'dated' can probably still enjoy what I regard as a very superior production of this classic story. I found it to be modern without committing in any sense a violation of its own century. The feel of the piece is clean, to my eyes, the lighting very bright, the colors intense. Its basis is the famous adventure novel by Alexandre Duimas, the father. The feature was directed by David Greene and written by Sidney Carroll. This is a made-for-television version of "Le Comte de Monte Cristo" which I believe qualifies as a masterwork. Reviewed by silverscreen888 9 / 10 Beautifully Shot, Intelligently-Scripted TV Version of Dumas' Classic This is a decent version of the story with no real happy ending for anyone. Taryn Power of the power acting clan makes a debut as Jourdan's daughter who Quite a bit has come between them over the years. But not in the swashbuckler genreĬhamberlain loses too, the love of Kate Nelligan the girl he was going to marry Hedoesn't quite cut it as a bad guy though by now he'd played a few. 20 years earlier he would have been Edmond Dantes if the film had been made then. Interesting the presence of Tony Curtis in the cast. Jourdan, Donald Pleasance and Tony Curtis all of whom are solid pillars And in a coldĪnd calculating way he evens the score by collecting enough data on Louis Proof in the old adage that revenge is a desert best served cold. When he does escape he finds as directed one fabulous fortune.Įnough money to reinvent himself as the Count Of Monte Cristo. He spends 15 years there before escaping. Ship made an unscheduled at Elba where the late captain visited Napoleonīonaparte on the island and took back a sealed note and entrusted saidĬhamberlain trusts the wrong people and gets hustled off to prison without trial. Him dirt in the end of the Napoleonic era.Īs the story goes Chamberlain as Edmond Dantes is a first mate on a cargo ship which he brings in to Marseilles after the captain takes ill and dies. Reviewed by bkoganbing 7 / 10 Death is too good for these guys.Īlthough he hasn't the presence of Robert Donat in the same role, RichardĬhamberlain exudes a nice dose of directed menace at some people who did Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.-Jean-Marc Rocher After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. 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. A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel.
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