The Three Musketeers (1935)
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This first talkie version of Dumas' The Three Musketeers had been planned by RKO Radio as a John Ford production, with Francis Lederer as D'Artagnan. By the time the film emerged on screen, Rowland V. Lee was in the director's chair, with the talented but uncharismatic Walter Abel in the D'Artagnan role. Equally unengaging were Paul Lukas, Moroni Olsen and Onslow Stevens as Athos, Porthos and Aramis, while Margot Grahame was more petulant than menacing as Milady De Winter. Like most filmed adaptations of the Dumas novel, this Three Musketeers concentrates on the episode of the Queen's purloined necklace; the story ends on a misleadingly happy note, with heroine Constance (Heather Angel) alive and kicking at film's end (which she certainly wasn't in the novel). Except for some excellent swordplay -- especially during the opening credits -- this is considered the dreariest of the many versions of The Three Musketeers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Walter Abel - D'Artagnan
- Margot Grahame - Milady de Winter
- Ian Keith - de Rochefort
- Onslow Stevens - Aramis
- Lumsden Hare - de Treville
- Nigel de Brulier - Cardinal Richelieu
- Murray Kinnell - Bernajou
- Ralph Faulkner - Jussac
- Paul Lukas - Athos
- Heather Angel - Constance
- Moroni Olsen - Porthos
- Ralph Forbes - Duke of Buckingham
- Miles Mander - Louis XIII
- Stanley Blystone - Villand
- John Qualen - Planchet
- Wade Boteler - Peylerand
- Director(s):
- Rowland V. Lee
- Writer(s):
- Rowland V. Lee, Dudley Nichols
- Producer(s):
- Cliff Reid
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