El conde de Montecristo (1942)
Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.
Director: Chano Urueta
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Arturo de Córdova as Edmundo Dantés / Conde de Montecristo |
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Mapy Cortés as Haydée |
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René Cardona as Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef |
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Domingo Soler as Señor Morell |
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Gloria Marín as Baronesa Herminia de Danglars |
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Carlos López Moctezuma as Baron Danglars |
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Rafael Baledón as Maximiliano Morrel |
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Abel Salazar as Alberto de Morcef |
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Amparo Morillo as |
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Roberto Cañedo as Extra (uncredited) |
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Rafael María de Labra as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Anita Blanch as Condesa Eloisa de Villefort |
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Consuelo Frank as Condesa Mercedes de Morcef |
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Julio Villarreal as Abate Faria |
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Miguel Arenas as Gerardo Villefort |
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Esperanza Baur as Valentina Villefort |
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Tito Junco as Luciano Debray |
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Víctor Velázquez as Beauchamp |
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José Morcillo as Gaspard Caderousse |
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Víctor Urruchúa as |
| Directing | Chano Urueta | Director |
| Writing | Alexandre Dumas | Novel |
| Writing | Chano Urueta | Adaptation |
| Production | Gregorio Walerstein | Producer |
| Production | Simon Wischnack | Producer |
| Sound | Raúl Lavista | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Agustín Martínez Solares | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Charles L. Kimball | Editor |
| Art | José Rodríguez Granada | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Vázquez Chardy | Costume Design |
| Directing | Roberto Gavaldón | Assistant Director |