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Les trois mousquetaires

Original title: The Three Musketeers
  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 3h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
541
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John Wayne and Ruth Hall in Les trois mousquetaires (1933)
ActionAdventureDramaMysteryThrillerWar

Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.

  • Directors
    • Colbert Clark
    • Armand Schaefer
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas
    • Norman S. Hall
    • Colbert Clark
  • Stars
    • Jack Mulhall
    • Raymond Hatton
    • Francis X. Bushman Jr.
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    541
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Colbert Clark
      • Armand Schaefer
    • Writers
      • Alexandre Dumas
      • Norman S. Hall
      • Colbert Clark
    • Stars
      • Jack Mulhall
      • Raymond Hatton
      • Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    • Clancy
    Raymond Hatton
    Raymond Hatton
    • Renard
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    • Dutch Schmidt
    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    • Tom Wayne
    Ruth Hall
    Ruth Hall
    • Elaine Corday
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    • Armand Corday
    • (as Creighton Chaney)
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • El Kadur
    Gordon De Main
    Gordon De Main
    • Col. Duval
    Robert Frazer
    Robert Frazer
    • Maj. Booth
    Noah Beery Jr.
    Noah Beery Jr.
    • Stubbs
    Al Ferguson
    Al Ferguson
    • Ali
    Edward Peil Sr.
    Edward Peil Sr.
    • Ratkin
    • (as Edward Piel)
    William Desmond
    William Desmond
    • Capt. Boncour
    George Magrill
    George Magrill
    • El Maghreb
    Robert Warwick
    Robert Warwick
    • Col. Brent [Ch. 1]
    Emile Chautard
    Emile Chautard
    • Gen. Pelletier [Ch. 1]
    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
    • Arab
    • (uncredited)
    Yakima Canutt
    Yakima Canutt
    • Legion Officer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Colbert Clark
      • Armand Schaefer
    • Writers
      • Alexandre Dumas
      • Norman S. Hall
      • Colbert Clark
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    5AlsExGal

    Average action serial...

    And an updating of sorts of the Dumas novel, from Mascot Pictures and directors Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer. The "musketeers" are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion: Clancy (Jack Mulhall), Renard (Raymond Hatton), and Schmidt (Francis X. Bushman Jr.). They are stationed in North Africa where they battle frequent Arab uprisings. During one such battle they are saved by American military pilot Tom Wayne (John Wayne). When Tom is later framed for murder by the insidious "El Shaitan", mysterious leader of the Devil's Circle, the three legionnaires promise to help Wayne is whatever way they can, leading to much high-flying mayhem, desert sands survival, and dangerous shoot-outs.

    Despite the title, this is much more Wayne's show than the three legionnaires. Wayne is good at the action scenes, even if his character should be a complete wreck by the end, after multiple fist-fights, falls from great heights, and even being shot a few times. Both Chaney and Beery Juniors have early roles, and it was fun seeing them so young. The story gets repetitive (a drawback for many lesser serials), and I would have liked the three musketeers to have been featured more. The masked bad guy El Shaitan was physically performed by Yakima Canutt with a voice dub from Charles Middleton.
    5cutter-12

    Not the slickest of early serials but it has John Wayne!

    An old creaker of a 12 chapter Foreign Legion serial actually puts John Wayne in the forefront of the action despite having him appear only fourth in the credits. The production standards of course were nothing to write home about then and are certainly slapdash now but the action has some nifty inventive moments and it was all shot on location which was a big plus. The good natured comraderie between the "musketeers" was definitely used as a prototype for Gunga Din, made six years later by RKO. Some notable appearances by Noah Beery Jr, Lon Chaney and Yakima Canutt will interest film historians and the adventure is entertaining enough even if you can't get through all the chapters in one sitting. Not the greatest old-time serial ever made I'm sure but I'll watch John Wayne in anything and the DVD was worth the purchase.
    5film_poster_fan

    A Good Mascot Serial

    According to the authors of "Forgotten Horrors," this serial, "The Three Musketeers" is "the last and best of John Wayne's Mascot's serials is everything a Saturday serial fan could want...There is skillful photography." One reviewer wrote about this serial recently and seems to write reviews just so he can complain about films he does not like and so that he can call people stupid and imbeciles. It appears to give him pleasure to humiliate long deceased people, but this is beyond my understanding.
    4bsmith5552

    Weakest of Wayne's Three Serials!

    "The Three Musketeers" was the third and final serial made by John Wayne for producer Nat Levine's Mascot Pictures. Oddly enough for Wayne, who made mostly westerns during this period, none of the three serials are westerns. In fact, in all three, he plays a pilot.

    The story takes place somewhere in an Arab country where three members of the French Foreign Legion are the only survivors of an attack by Arabs. The three, Clancy (Jack Mulhall), Renard (Raymond Hatton) ans Schmidt (Francis X. Bushman Jr.) are rescued from certain death by Tom Wayne (John Wayne), an American pilot. The three legionnaires dub themselves "The Three Musketeers" (you know: "One for all, and all for one") and Wayne their "D'Artagnan.

    A mysterious masked figure known as El Shaitan plots a rebellion against the Legion. Wayne is framed for the murder of his friend Armand Corday (Creighton Chaney) and spends the rest of the story trying to prove his innocence while at the same time attempting to learn the identity of El Shaitan.

    Wayne is aided by the Musketeers and Corday's sister Elaine (Ruth Hall). There are of course several suspected "El Shaitans" over the course of the 12 chapters. Among the suspects are Col. Duval (Gordon De Main), the company commander, El Kador (Hooper Atchely) and others. Of course we don't learn the identity of the villain until the last chapter.

    As in most of the Mascot serials, there is plenty of action, perilous situations and lots of racing around. I found that this serial had far too many flashback sequences and predictable situations. In its favor, it had Yakima Canutt doing most of the stunts and (shudder) even taking a small speaking part. Look closely for Kermit Maynard and I'm sure I saw Wally Wales (aka Hal Taliaferro) as other legionaires. Noah Beery Jr. appears briefly as Wayne's pal Stubbs.

    Creigton Chaney is of course better known as Lon Chaney Jr. a name he would adopt in 1935 and use for the rest of his 40 year career. For John Wayne, he would soon move on to his Lone Star western series and would not appear in another serial.
    2bkoganbing

    Dumas Would Not Have Approved

    In the last of three serials that John Wayne did making his bones in B picture Hollywood, he does what is described as a modern adaption of Alexander Dumas's classic The Three Musketeers. Any resemblance to that novel and this film is completely coincidental.

    Wayne is an American pilot who is flying in North Africa and saves Jack Mulhall, Francis X. Bushman, Jr. and Raymond Hatton, Foreign Legionaires, from certain death by machine gunning from the air an attacking Berber tribe. The group of them strike up a great friendship and the three decide to call themselves The Three Musketeers and adopt Wayne as their D'Artagnan.

    The Duke with that little action apparently messed up a planned revolution against the colonial occupiers so the would be revolutionaries frame him for gun running and later murder. It takes twelve chapters for Wayne to clear himself and unmask the mysterious masked leader of the Devil's Circle conspiracy, El Shaitan.

    In the mess of a film where not one of the white dudes speak with any kind of an accent including the multi-national Foreign Legionaires, you can see elements of The Desert Song, Gunga Din, and Beau Geste. But other than the title not a hint of The Three Musketeers.

    Lon Chaney, Jr. and Noah Beery, Jr. both make brief appearances in The Three Musketeers and both get killed early on in the serial. I'm sure neither of them counted this serial as anything they talked up in reminiscing about their careers.

    Only confirmed and solid fans of John Wayne should watch this film. I can safely say that Alexander Dumas's spirit becomes most restless when this film is shown.

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    • Trivia
      CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Fiery Circle; 2. One For All, All For One; 3. The Master Spy; 4. Pirates of the Desert; 5. Rebel Rifles; 6. Death's Marathon; 7. Naked Steel; 8. The Master Strikes; 9. The Fatal Cave; 10. Trapped!; 11. The Measure of a Man; 12.The Value of Comrades.
    • Goofs
      Elaine is mistakenly called Ruth a few times in this serial. The actress real name is Ruth Hall.
    • Quotes

      Dutch Schmidt: Ya! Look what they did to our company! Only three of us left!

      Tom Wayne: The Three Musketeers!

      Renard: We are

      [pause]

      Renard: Three modern Musketeers! And you're our rescuer, D'Artagnan!

      Clancy: One for all!

      Renard: [All together shout out with Renard] All for one!

      [all laugh]

    • Alternate versions
      Re-edited into a 60-minute feature called La Chevauchée de la Gloire (1946).
    • Connections
      Edited into La Chevauchée de la Gloire (1946)

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Desert Command
    • Filming locations
      • Yuma, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Mascot Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 3h 30m(210 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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