Dantes returns from his 13-year spell in prison where he visits daily with the Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), who tutors him in such Zen matters as how to swash a sword so quickly that not a ...

A duel between two hot-headed young men, both in love with the same girl, leads to the death of one of them, but who dipped the sword in ... a friend of Monte Cristo. Now the Count must find ...

Admirers of high romance, clashing swords and ripping yarns are more than well catered for this week by Hollywood. Kevin Reynolds's The Count Of Monte Cristo, is a handsomely mounted version of ...