《基督山伯爵》讲述了埃德蒙(路易斯·乔丹 Louis Jourdan 饰)本是一个朝气蓬勃的年轻水手,他对生活充满了热情,与人为善的个性亦为他在江湖上结识了诸多朋友。梅塞迪丝(伊冯·弗奴克丝 Yvonne Furneaux 饰)是埃德蒙心爱的姑娘,当埃德蒙完成了此次海上作业回到陆地上后,两人就准备成婚。不幸的是,埃德蒙的幸福惹得情敌费尔南多(Jean-Claude Michel 饰)十分眼红,他和昏庸的法官威尔弗(Bernard Dhéran 饰),利用莫须有的罪名将埃德蒙送入了大牢。十七年过去了,在狱友的帮助下,心中充满了仇恨的埃德蒙越狱成功,出狱后的他只有一个念头,那就是对导致他沦落到今天如此境地的所有人展开复仇。埃德蒙摇身一变成为了神秘莫测的基督山伯爵,在成功进入了上流社会后,他的复仇计划也逐步的实施着。
Edmund Dantes 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, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund 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 Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund 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.