Count of Monte Cristo, The

1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (USA/UK)
39 x 30 minute episodes

In 18th-century France, Edmond Dantès had been wrongly convicted of crimes against the state and falsely imprisoned in the infamous Château d’If in the Mediterranean.

There, a dying prisoner told him of the treasure to be found on the island of Monte Cristo and Dantès broke free to take it for his own, setting himself up as a nobleman with the proceeds.

The original story came from the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, although the TV series expanded on Dante’s swashbuckling adventures, making the Frenchman a kind of Robin Hood battling for fairness and justice for all, and travelling all around Europe.

George Dolenz (father of Micky Dolenz of The Monkees) starred as Dantès.

Edmond Dantès, The Count of Monte Cristo
George Dolenz
Rico
Robert Cawdron
Jacopo
Nick Cravat