---
title: 'The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rowland V. Lee'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-son-of-monte-cristo-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033076/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

1940 · 102 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckler adventure film from United Artists, produced by Edward Small, directed by Rowland V. Lee, that stars Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders. The Small production uses the same sets and many of the same cast and production crew as his previous year's production of The Man in the Iron Mask. Hayward returned to star in Small's The Return of Monte Cristo (1946).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [George Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bruce)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ward)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-robinson)

## Cast

- [Louis Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-hayward)
- [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore)
- [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant)
- [Montagu Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/montagu-love)
- [Henry Brandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-brandon)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Ralph Byrd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-byrd)
- [Joan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-bennett)
- [Alberto Morin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-morin)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders)
- [Florence Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-bates)
- [Leo Reuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-reuss)
- [Michael Visaroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-visaroff)
- [Jack Mulhall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mulhall)

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