The Count of Monte Cristo (1942 film)

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The Count of Monte Cristo
Directed by	Roberto Gavaldón Chano Urueta
Written by	Alexandre Dumas (novel) Chano Urueta
Produced by	Gregorio Walerstein Simon Wischnack
Starring	Arturo de Córdova Mapy Cortés Anita Blanch
Cinematography	Agustín Martínez Solares
Edited by	Charles L. Kimball
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production company	Cinematográfica Filmex
Release date	29 April 1942 (1942-04-29)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Count of Monte Cristo (Spanish: El Conde de Montecristo) is a 1942 Mexican historical adventure film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and Chano Urueta and starring Arturo de Córdova, Mapy Cortés, Rafael Baledón and Esperanza Baur. It is based on Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo. a story which has been adapted for film many times.

Partial cast

Arturo de Córdova as Edmundo Dantés / Conde de Montecristo
Mapy Cortés as Haydée
Anita Blanch as Condesa Eloisa de Villefort
Consuelo Frank as Condesa Mercedes de Morcef
Gloria Marín as Baronesa Herminia de Danglars
Miguel Arenas as Gerardo Villefort
Julio Villarreal as Abate Faria
Carlos López Moctezuma as Baron Danglars
Esperanza Baur as Valentina Villefort
Rafael Baledón as Maximiliano Morrel
Abel Salazar as Alberto de Morcef
Tito Junco as Luciano Debray
Amparo Morillo
Víctor Velázquez as Beauchamp
José Morcillo as Gaspard Caderousse
Agustín Isunza
Blanca Rosa Otero
René Cardona as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
Domingo Soler as Señor Morell

External links

The Count of Monte Cristo at IMDb

v t e The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria
Films	The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) Monte Cristo (1922) Monte Cristo (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger (1951) The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Karkottai (1954) Vanji Kottai Valipan (1958) Raj Tilak (1958) The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) Jeevan Mrityu (1970) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Bhuierantlo Munis (1977) Padayottam (1982) Veta (1986) Legacy of Rage (1986) The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Television	The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) The Count of Monte Cristo (1973) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Montecristo Ezel Yago (Mexican remake) Revenge İntikam (Turkish remake) Venganza (Colombian remake) Karmma Calling (Indian remake) El Conde: Amor y honor The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Literature	The Stars My Destination The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth The Baron of Magister Valley
Locations	Château d'If Montecristo
Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album)
Related	Auguste Maquet (collaborator) Pierre Picaud (possible prototype) Dumas (2010 film) "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (The Simpsons episode) The Monte Cristo of Prague (1929 film)

Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón

The Count of Monte Cristo (1942)
Nana (1944)
The Shack (1945)
The Associate (1946)
The Kneeling Goddess (1947)
The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (1947)
Adventures of Casanova (1948)
The Shadow of the Bridge (1948)
The Little House (1950)
Rosauro Castro (1950)
Desired (1951)
In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)
The Night Falls (1952)
Soledad's Shawl (1952)
The Boy and the Fog (1953)
Remember to Live (1953)
The Three Perfect Wives (1953)
Camelia (1954)
Untouched (1954)
After the Storm (1955)
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
The Hidden One (1956)
Ash Wednesday (1958)
Beyond All Limits (1959)
Macario (1960)
Rosa Blanca (1961)
Autumn Days (1963)
El hombre de los hongos (1976)

Films directed by Chano Urueta

The Night of the Mayas (1939)
The League of Songs (1941)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1942)
No matarás (1943)
El corsario negro (1944)
The Road to Sacramento (1946)
The Flesh Commands (1948)
Jalisco Fair (1948)
Don't Love Me So Much (1949)
To the Sound of the Mambo (1950)
My Favourite (1950)
From the Can-Can to the Mambo (1951)
Serenade in Acapulco (1951)
El Monstruo resucitado (1953)
The Magnificent Beast (1953)
Quiéreme porque me muero (1953)
La Bruja (1954)
Se solicitan modelos (1954)
El vendedor de muñecas (1955)
El jinete sin cabeza (1957)
El Ratón (1957)
No soy monedita de oro (1959)
The Witch's Mirror (1960)
The Brainiac (1962)
Alma grande (1966)
Blue Demon Contra las Diabólicas (1968)

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