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The Count of Monte Cristo

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Cecil B DeMille 's 1939 definitive adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic has been fully restored and remastered by Toby Horton for Radio 4. It is 1815 and Edmond Dantes has been promoted to captain of the Pharaon and is engaged to the beautiful Mercedes de Rosas, when he is accused of aiding Napoleon. He is exiled to the island of Elba, in the Chateau d'lf. With the aid of the mad priest Abbe Faria , he plans his revenge. with Sidney Blackmer, Paul Lukas, Lloyd Nolan
Lewis Stone and the Radio Theatre Company

Contributors

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Cecil B Demille
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Alexandre Dumas
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Toby Horton
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Edmond Dantes
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Abbe Faria
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Lewis Stone
Edmond Dantes:
Robert Montgomery
Mercedes tie Rosas:
Josephine Hutchinson
Source: Radio Times

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