The Three Musketeers

Overview

In this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel, Gene Kelly romps his way through the role of D'Artagnan, the upstart cadet who joins veteran Musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis in their efforts to save their beloved Queen Anne from disgrace.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/13/2018
UPC:	0888574642266
Original Release:	1948
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:05:00
Sales rank:	23,505

Special Features

Vintage: FitzPatrick Traveltalk Short Look at London; Classic Cartoon What Price Fleadom; Audio-Only Bonus Radio Promo; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lana Turner	Lady de Winter
Gene Kelly	D'Artagnan
June Allyson	Constance Bonacieux
Van Heflin	Athos
Angela Lansbury	Queen Anne
Frank Morgan	King Louis XIII
Vincent Price	Richelieu the Prime Minister
Keenan Wynn	Planchet
John Sutton	George
Gig Young	Porthos
Robert Coote	Aramis
Reginald Owen	De Treville
Ian Keith	De Rochefort
Patricia Medina	Kitty
Richard Stapley	Albert
Byron Foulger	Bonacieux
Saul Gorss	Jussac
Robert Warwick	D'Artagnan Sr.
Marie Windsor	Dark-Eyed Lady-in-Waiting
Ruth Robinson	Mother of D'Artagnan
Tom Tyler	Traveler
Fred Coby	Musketeer
Leonard Penn	Musketeer
Kirk Alyn	Friends of Aramis
John Holland	Friends of Aramis
Francis McDonald	Fisherman
Reginald Sheffield	Subaltern
Wilson Benge	Valet
Alec Harford	Valet
Harry Wilson	Kidnaper
Mickey Simpson	Executioner
Frank Hagney	Executioner of Lyons,Executioner of Lyons
William Edmunds	Landlord
Irene Seidner	Landlord's Wife
Paul Maxey	Major Domo
Arthur Hohl	Dragon Rouge Host
Gil Perkins	Guard
Alberto Morin	Bazin
Norman Leavitt	Mousqueton
William 'Bill' Phillips	Grimaud
Richard Simmons	Count DeWardes,Count DeWardes
David Bair	D'Artagnan's Brother
Gregg Barton	Musketeer
Charles Bates	D'Artagnan's Brother
Wheaton Chambers	Traveler
Gordon B. Clarke	Musketeer
Gene Coogan	Man Offstage
Vernon Downing	Officer
Douglas Evans	British Officer
Herbert Stothart	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Ardrey

George Sidney	Director
Robert Ardrey	Screenwriter
Pandro S. Berman	Producer
Warren Newcombe	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

"He left Satan with an angel," Athos (Van Heflin) says of John Sutton's Buckingham two-thirds of the way through this fanciful Technicolor version of The Three Musketeers. The angel is of course June Allyson's demure Constance Bonacieux and the evil one a lusciously gowned Mylady de Winter, alias Lana Turner, and from that moment on M-G-M's rather lighthearted version of Alexandre Dumas's classic swashbuckler takes on a rather ominous tone. Reviewers and audiences alike have quibbled about the casting of this colorful mix of burlesque and melodrama ever since it was released back in 1948 but although Gene Kelly tries too hard at times and Miss Turner perhaps fails to sustain her glamorous mystique for the duration, The Three Msuketeers remains an outrageously entertaining yarn, the Southern California locales perfectly standing in for 17th Century France and England. With the nimble Kelly at the helm, the sword fights take on an almost operatic intensity and stunt riders take care of the rest. The end result is a classic swashbuckler in the finest sense of the word and certainly far superior to the otherwise much vaunted 1973 version.