The Count of Monte Cristo Collection

TOTAL BINGE TIME: 9h 5m

The Definitive Watch Order & Chronological Timeline

The Count of Monte Cristo

Released: 1934 // Runtime: 113m // Rating: 6.7

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

1934

The Son of Monte Cristo

Released: 1940 // Runtime: 102m // Rating: 5.9

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.

1940

The Wife of Monte Cristo

Released: 1946 // Runtime: 83m // Rating: 5.8

In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to Paris to get revenge but soon finds himself pursued by a cruel policeman. The count's brave wife Haydée throws the cop off her husband's scent by dressing up as the masked avenger herself and proving that she too is most competent with a sword.

1946

The Return of Monte Cristo

Released: 1946 // Runtime: 91m // Rating: 6.0

The grandson of Edmond Dantes was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of connivers and shipped off to Devil's Island. Escaping with a fellow convict, political radical Bombelles, Dantes adopts the bearded guise of an elderly man in order to destroy his enemies and reclaim his birthright.

1946

Treasure of Monte Cristo

Released: 1949 // Runtime: 76m // Rating: 5.0

A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.

1949

The Sword of Monte Cristo

Released: 1951 // Runtime: 80m // Rating: 4.0

In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked Cavalier, the niece, Lady Christianne, of the Marquis De Montableau, announces at a secret meeting of the Normandy underground leaders that the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo was willed to her and she will use it to finance their cause. Her uncle, the only one who can decipher the symbols on the sword of Monte Cristo, the key to the treasure, derides her stand against the Emperor. La Roche takes possession of the sword and has the Marquis put into the dungeon. Christianne, as the Masked Cavalier, regains the sword from La Roche, but Captain Renault apprehends her and returns to sword to La Roche.

1951