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The Sword of Monte Cristo

The Sword of Monte Cristo

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 3, 1951

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Action, Adventure

User Score

35%

Original Title

The Sword of Monte Cristo

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Maurice Geraghty

Description

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.