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Treasure of Monte Cristo is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Berke and starring Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens and Steve Brodie.
Treasure of Monte Cristo: Directed by William Berke. With Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie, Bobby Jordan. This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco, as a descendant of the Count of Monte Cristo.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- William Berke
- 1949-08-27
A fast-moving... suspenseful jewel mystery... set against the colorful background of today's San Francisco! Edmund Dantes (Langan) works on a ship that docks...
- 78 min
- 415.3K
- Cult Cinema Classics
A very enjoyable B noir thriller, unusual in using the Count of Monte Cristo as a backstory. Worth it for Adele Jergens and her chemistry with Glenn Langan, a very handsome couple that were married in real life after meeting on this film.
This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco, as a descendant of the Count of Monte Cristo. Crooked Lawyer Brodie sets up a scheme to get at the treasure of Langan's famed ancestor, and using the beautiful blonde Jergens,...
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Often misidentified as The Treasure of Monte Carlo, this low-budget melodrama is tenuously related to the "Monte Cristo" legend as laid down by novelist Alexandre Dumas. Glenn Langan plays Edmund Dantes, a descendant of the original Count of Monte Cristo.
Seaman Edmund Dante, a descendant of the Count of Monte Cristo, arrives in San Francisco and is immediately slugged, and then has to fight off some thugs who are trying to adduct Jean Turner. This is a set-up, as the gang is after the fabulous treasure that belonged to Dante's ancestor, and is now somewhere in San Francisco and the gang thinks ...
