Still the outstanding version of Dumas' classic tale of revenge for unjust imprisonment.

It's a notable director's triumph for Rowland V Lee, who made outstanding use of black and white throughout the Thirties, a period in which he also made Zoo in Budapest, Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London.

Here he creates a Chateau d'If with dungeons so dingy, dusty and dirty that they almost make you cough.