''Treasure of Monte Cristo'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by

William Berke William A. Berke (born October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – died February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a ...

and starring

Glenn Langan Glenn Langan (July 8, 1917 – January 26, 1991) was an American character actor on stage and films. Early years Born in Denver, Colorado, Langan was the son of Thomas Langan and Kate Quinn Langan. He attended schools there. His early training ...

, Adele Jergens and Steve Brodie.

Plot

A descendant of

Edmond Dantès Edmond Dantès () is a title character and the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 adventure novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo''. Within the story's narrative, Dantès is an intelligent, honest and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful af ...

finds himself framed for a crime he did not commit.

Cast

as Edmund Dantes * Adele Jergens as Jean Turner * Steve Brodie as Earl Jackson *

Robert Jordan James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan," Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', though this is not how the n ...

as Tony Torecelli * Michael Whalen as Lt. Michael Perry * George Davis as District Attorney *

Margia Dean Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ( Skliris; born April 7, 1922), known as Margia Dean, is an American former beauty queen and stage and screen actress of Greek descent, who had a successful career in Hollywood films during the 1940s until the e ...

as Nurse *

Sid Melton Sidney Meltzer (May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011), known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom '' Green Acres'' and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor ...

as Tyson (as Sidney Melton) * Brian O'Hara as Jailer * Robert Boon as Boatswain * Jeritza Novak as Miss Jean Turner * Jimmy O'Neil as Pawnbroker * Curtis Jarett as Deputy Sheriff * Charles Regan as Bailey (as Charles Reagan) * Larry Barton as Hotel Clerk * Charles Schaeffer as Robert (as Rube Schaeffer) * Don Junior as Bellboy

Production

The film was entirely shot in location in San Francisco.

References

External links

* * 1949 films American crime films 1940s English-language films Films directed by William A. Berke Films scored by Albert Glasser 1940s crime films Lippert Pictures films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg Films shot in San Francisco Films based on The Count of Monte Cristo 1940s American films {{crime-film-stub