The Count of Monte Cristo

Uncovered "DuPont Show of the Month" mounting of the Alexandre Dumas adventure staple stars Hurd Hatfield as Edmond Dantes, the young sailor railroaded by his conspiring rivals and consigned to the bleak prison known as the Château d'If. Tipped to a fabulous fortune cache by fellow prisoner Abbé Faria (George Voskovec), Dantes first engineers escape-and then a course of payback for his accusers. Elizabeth Sellars, Ina Balin, John Colicos, Torin Thatcher co-star; Sidney Lumet directs. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.