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Director:
Writers:
Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
Robert Ardrey (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 October 1948 (USA) more
Tagline:
Mightiest of All Romantic Adventures! ...Storming it's way to the screen with unbelievable excitement! more
Plot:
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Royal Prime Minister Richelieu to usurp the King's power. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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A fantastic and swashbuckling adventure story... more (34 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Lana Turner ... Lady de Winter / Charlotte

Gene Kelly ... D'Artagnan

June Allyson ... Constance

Van Heflin ... Athos / Robert

Angela Lansbury ... Queen Anne
Frank Morgan ... King Louis XIII

Vincent Price ... Richelieu
Keenan Wynn ... Planchet
John Sutton ... The Duke of Buckingham
Gig Young ... Porthos
Robert Coote ... Aramis
Reginald Owen ... Treville
Ian Keith ... Rochefort
Patricia Medina ... Kitty
Richard Wyler ... Albert (as Richard Stapley)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirk Alyn ... Aramis' Friend (uncredited)
Gregg Barton ... Musketeer (uncredited)
Charles Bates ... D'Artagnan's Brother (uncredited)
Wilson Benge ... Valet (uncredited)
David Blair ... D'Artagnan's Brother (uncredited)
Gordon Clark ... Musketeer (uncredited)
Fred Coby ... Musketeer (uncredited)
Dickie Dubins ... D'Artagnan's Brother (uncredited)
William Edmunds ... Innkeeper-Landlord (uncredited)
Byron Foulger ... Bonacieux, Landlord (uncredited)
Sol Gorss ... Jussac (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Executioner of Lyons (uncredited)
Jean Heremans ... Cardinal Guard (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl ... Dragon Rouge Host (uncredited)
John Holland ... Aramis' Friend (uncredited)
Burt Kennedy ... Fencer (uncredited)
Michael Kostrick ... Traveler (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt ... Mousqueton (uncredited)
Paul Maxey ... Major Domo (uncredited)
Francis McDonald ... Fisherman (uncredited)
Alberto Morin ... Bazin (uncredited)
Leonard Penn ... Musketeer (uncredited)
Gil Perkins ... Felton (uncredited)
William 'Bill' Phillips ... Grimaud (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson ... D'Artagnan's Mother (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... Guard (uncredited)
Irene Seidner ... Innkeeper-Landlord's Wife (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield ... Subaltern (uncredited)
Dick Simmons ... Count de Wardes (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson ... Executioner (uncredited)
David Thursby ... Innkeeper (uncredited)
Tom Tyler ... First Traveller (uncredited)
Robert Warwick ... D'Artagnan Sr. (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Kidnapper (uncredited)
Marie Windsor ... Queen Anne's Lady-in-waiting (uncredited)
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Directed by
George Sidney 
 
Writing credits
Alexandre Dumas père (novel "Les trois mousquetaires") (as Alexandre Dumas)

Robert Ardrey (screenplay)

Produced by
Pandro S. Berman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Herbert Stothart 
 
Cinematography by
Robert H. Planck (director of photography) (as Robert Planck)
 
Film Editing by
George Boemler 
Robert Kern  (as Robert J. Kern)
 
Art Direction by
Malcolm Brown 
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett 
 
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn .... makeup designer
Larry Germain .... hair designer
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair designer
 
Production Management
Edward Woehler .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Rhein .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Henry Grace .... associate set decorator (as Henry W. Grace)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
Conrad Kahn .... sound (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Stunts
Sol Gorss .... stunts (uncredited)
Frank Hagney .... stunts (uncredited)
Jean Heremans .... stunts (uncredited)
Burt Kennedy .... stunts (uncredited)
Frank McGrath .... stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Rex Rossi .... stunts (uncredited)
Russell Saunders .... stunt double: Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Carl Saxe .... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe .... stunt double: Gene Kelly (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Hubbell .... still photographer (uncredited)
Thomas Long .... grip (uncredited)
Harkness Smith .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Charles Previn .... conductor
Albert Sendrey .... orchestral collaboration
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .... composer: themes
Albert Sendrey .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Peter Ballbusch .... montage sequence
Henri Jaffa .... associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus .... technicolor color director
Raphael Bretton .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Jean Heremans .... consultant: fencing (uncredited)
Gene Kelly .... choreographer (uncredited)
Tess Primock .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
125 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Angela Lansbury considered herself too young to play the role of the Queen and wanted to play Milady De Winter. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Over the first hour of the movie, Countess de Winter's mole is below and to the left of her mouth. When Richelieu introduces her to D'Artagnan, her mole is below and to the right of her right eye. When she breaks a mirror several minutes later, she has no mole at all. She then gets dressed and meets D'Artagnan in her parlor without a mole. During their conversation, it reappears near her right eye. When they start wrestling, the mole is again missing. The mole appears, disappears and moves throughout the movie. However, during this time, among the French upper class, women sometimes added a phony mole (or beauty mark) when applying their facial cosmetics. more
Quotes:
Athos: This is no hour for composing letters or looking happy. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#27.2)" (2002) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
A fantastic and swashbuckling adventure story..., 22 April 2008
10/10
Author: ifasmilecanhelp from Switzerland

What a pleasure... Speed, tense, action, drama, love... even death...

Everything I would like in such a musketeers story is there ! It's just amazing !

The film is set on a fast tempo, with excellent acting, I almost won't detail, nor explain... other did !

In fact not only for families, but great family entertainment movie...

I like a lot George Sidney's Scaramouche, too, saw it two or three times,

but find out with surprise, that I even prefer this one in term of spectacular and skillful sword fights,

with a very pleasant and convincingly developed story, characters included.

In Scaramouche, for me, still a strong favorite of mine,

some parts are a little too "kitsch".

And in this film, I do not have such impression like that.

Gene Kelly's energy and athletic qualities are just used in the best way,

not to mention his smile !

June Alison is quiet excellent as Constance Bonacieux,

as obviously Lana Turner is absolutely superb in her bitchy Lady de Winter's role.

Vincent Price is a real delight, as the powerful and subtle Richelieu...

Van Heflin's Atos part, convinced me too...

I wonder what would think Mr Alexandre there in Heaven ? Would he agree ?

Even if it doesn't fit completely to his great story ?

Never mind !... would he say ? Oh, pretentiously my guess will be yes !

For us, mortal... Full pleasure...

Ps It seems that Mr Sidney is a top director in these kind of adventures... Young Bess (1953, with Charles Laughton) only noted a low 6,6 on IMDb, got also my favors, alongside with Scaramouche... 10* from me too, all of them, may be technically slightly generous, but following my heart... Anyway I want to see more of what he did !

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