''Sword of Venus'' is a 1953 American

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by

Harold Daniels Harold Daniels was an actor and then a director of American films. He directed about 14 films. The 1958 ''Terror in the Haunted House'' he directed was the first to use the technique known as '' Psychorama''. Filmography Director *'' They Met in ...

, written by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, and starring

Robert Clarke Robert Irby Clarke (June 1, 1920 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s. Early life Clarke was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He decided at an early age that h ...

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Dan O'Herlihy Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish actor of film, television, and radio. With a distinguished appearance and rich, resonant speaking voice, O'Herlihy's best known-roles included his Oscar-nominated portraya ...

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and

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. It was released on February 20, 1953, by

RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orphe ...

. It was also released in the U.K. as ''The Island of Monte Cristo''.

Plot

The Count of Monte Cristo's son is framed for a murder he didn't commit by a man who is plotting to get his hands on his wealth, a man who was one of his father's deadliest enemies.

Cast

as Robert Dantes *

as Claire *

as Danglars *

as Valmont *

as Duchess De Villefort *Merritt Stone as Fernand *Renee De Marco as Suzette *Eric Colmar as Goriot * Stuart Randall as Hugo

Production

The producers wanted Ron Randell for a lead role.Marilyn Erskine Career Prospers; Fregonese Plans Bolivar Romance Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 6 Oct 1951: 7.

References

External links

* 1953 films American adventure films 1953 adventure films American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films Films produced by Aubrey Wisberg Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg 1950s English-language films Films directed by Harold Daniels 1950s American films {{adventure-film-stub