Mask of the Avenger

Jun 27, 1951

1h 23m

★ 5.3

Monte Cristo lives... fights... loves again!

Overview

Costume swashbuckler with heroic John Derek battling evil Anthony Quinn.

Genres

Adventure

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Capt. Renato Dimorna

John Derek

Viovanni Larocca

Anthony Quinn

Maria

Jody Lawrance

Colardi

Arnold Moss

Rollo D'Anterras

Eugene Iglesias

Jacopo

Dickie LeRoy

Donner

Ian Wolfe

Zio d'Orsini

Harry Cording

Count Dimorna (uncredited)

Wilton Graff

In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked Cavalier, the niece, Lady Christianne, of the Marquis De Montableau, announces at a secret meeting of the Normandy underground leaders that the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo was willed to her and she will use it to finance their cause. Her uncle, the only one who can decipher the symbols on the sword of Monte Cristo, the key to the treasure, derides her stand against the Emperor. La Roche takes possession of the sword and has the Marquis put into the dungeon. Christianne, as the Masked Cavalier, regains the sword from La Roche, but Captain Renault apprehends her and returns to sword to La Roche.

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