It was done on the cheap - see how the backdrops are so obvious in the first scenes where the Duchess and Cristo meet, see how the stunt 'doubles' are, well, hardly doubles - but it is very funny, very loveable, and wins you over. I will admit to a soft spot for little Louis, the very small hero of this, and Joan Bennett has that haughty beauty of so many B pic heroines. But it delivers, and that's what counts. It manages to be entertaining and move along quite well. Perhaps it could have been a bit better in quality but I'm certainly not complaining ...
Review of The Son of Monte Cristo
