The Viscount of Monte Cristo (Spanish: El Vizconde de Montecristo) is a 1954 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Andrés Soler. The film draws some of its plot from Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo with the setting moved to contemporary Mexico. Valdés' films of the era were often distorted, comic versions of classic literature.
Cast
Germán Valdés as Inocencio Dantés / El Vizconde de Montecristo
Ana Bertha Lepe as Marga
Andrés Soler as Don Facundo Farías
Miguel Arenas as Don Miguel
Rafael Bertrand as Polito
Famie Kaufman as Rosaura
Marcelo Chávez as Policia celador
Joaquín García Vargas as Lino
Armando Acosta as Invitado fiesta romana
Armando Arriola as Fotógrafo
León Barroso as Músico
Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Chofer carro fúnebre
Silvia Carrillo as Bailarina
Julio Daneri as Hombre provoca panico
Amalia Gama as Clienta anciana en banco
Héctor Godoy as Pianista
Leonor Gómez as Mujer en cantina
Guillermo Hernández as Prisionero
Vicente Lara as Hombre en cantina
Lupe Legorreta as Lupita, secretaria
Carlos León as Guardia en fiesta romana
Salvador Lozano as Detective policía
José Ortega as El sapo, prisionero
José Pardavé as Chofer carro fúnebre
Ignacio Peón as Cliente banco
Humberto Rodríguez as Cliente banco
Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Cajero de banco
Rafael Torres as Preso
Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Hombre en cantina
Hernán Vera as Cantinero
References
Bibliography
Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.