The Count of Monte Cristo (1956 TV series)
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1956 British cult swashbuckler adventure television series produced by ITC Entertainment/TPA and adapted very loosely from the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes dramatizing the continuing adventures of Edmond Dantès, the self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, during the reign of Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, King of the French from 1830 to 1848. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.[1]
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Created by | Sidney Marshall |
Starring | George Dolenz |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 39 |
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Cinematography | Lionel Banes |
Running time | 25 minutes |
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Network | ATV for ITV |
Release | 20 February (1956-02-20) – 7 December 1956 (1956-12-07) |
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ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.