The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from Alexandre Dumas's novel by Sidney Marshall. Premiering in the UK in early 1956, it ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve were filmed in the United States at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest shot at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set of all episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010, and ITC produced a 1975 film based on the same source material.