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Director:
James Whale
Writers:
Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
George Bruce (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 July 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | History more
Tagline:
Alexandre Dumas most amazing, adventurous epic
Plot:
D'Artagnan and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother, and Fouquet uses his influence to keep everyone silenced... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Great old swashbuckler more (20 total)

Cast

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Louis Hayward ... King Louis XIV / Philippe of Gascony
Joan Bennett ... Princess Maria Theresa
Warren William ... D'Artagnan
Joseph Schildkraut ... Fouquet
Alan Hale ... Porthos
Walter Kingsford ... Colbert
Miles Mander ... Aramis
Bert Roach ... Athos
Marion Martin ... Mlle. de la Valliere (as Marian Martin)
Montagu Love ... Spanish Ambassador
Doris Kenyon ... Queen Anne
Albert Dekker ... King Louis XIII
Nigel De Brulier ... Cardinal Richelieu
William Royle ... Commandant of the Bastille
Boyd Irwin ... Royal High Constable of France
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
Finland:96 min | USA:96 min (colorized version) | 112 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-G | USA:Approved (PCA #5260) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA
Company:
Edward Small Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Peter Cushing did double duty on this film. In additional to his own role, he would feed Louis Hayward the lines for the split screen shots. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In one chase scene, a character fires a pistol three times in quick succession. 17th century firearms had to be reloaded after each shot. more
Quotes:
Colbert: [after Fouquet has just killed someone] Where are you going?
D'Artagnan: After a murderer!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999) (V) more

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Great old swashbuckler, 25 August 2005
7/10
Author: blakduke from alabama

All positive comments are agreed to. This is truly one of the finest ones. The only minor dig that I could come up with is that they could have had more dueling sequences. Louis Hayward was capable of more robust fencing than what was portrayed here and I don't think they utilized his skills to any great degree. Outside of that this is a truly enjoyable film, black and white or not and while I don't advocate doing every B/W film over by colorizing it, I think I would like to see what this one Australia, What Guy Pearce Remake??????? Guy Pearce did Count of Monte Cristo, not M.I.T.I.M. as far as I have been able to determine.

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