The Count of Monte Cristo

SIDNEY LUMET: 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express

COLLEEN DEWHURST : Annie Hall, Dr. Kildare, Moonlighting

INA BALIN: The Patsy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Six Million Dollar Man

ELIZABETH SELLARS: The Barefoot Contessa, 55 Days at Peking 

An early TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes (Hurd Hatfield)  is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d’If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria (George Voskovec), a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him. 

(Dupont Show of the Month. Aired on October 28, 1960)

BONUS: Two versions on one disc
As originally broadcast with original commercials intact, and one version commercial free!