The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)
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| The Three Musketeers | |
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| Directed by | Armand Schaeffer & Colbert Clark |
| Produced by | Ned Levine |
| Written by | Norman Hall Colbert Clark Ben Cohn Wyndham Gittens |
| Starring | Jack Mulhall Raymond Hatton Francis X. Bushman Jr John Wayne |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Editing by | Ray Snyder |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 7, 1933 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (210 min) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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The Three Musketeers is a 1933 serial film produced by Mascot Pictures which updates Dumas' The Three Musketeers by setting the story in contemporary North Africa. The Musketeers are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and D'Artagnan (renamed Lt. Tom Wayne and played by John Wayne), is a pilot in the United States military.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
When Lt. Wayne is framed for the murder of his fiancé's brother, Armand Corday (Lon Chaney, Jr.), he vows to capture the real killer, a mysterious Arab terrorist known only as El Shaitan. He is aided by the Three Musketeers: Clancy (an Irishman always spoiling for a fight), Renard, and Schmidt (who loves sausages).
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[edit] Chapter titles
- The Fiery Circle
- One For All, All For One
- The Master Spy
- Pirates of the Desert
- Rebel Rifles
- Death's Marathon
- Naked Steel
- The Master Strikes
- The Fatal Cave
- Trapped!
- The Measure of a Man
- The Value of Comrades
[edit] Cast
- Jack Mulhall : Clancy
- Raymond Hatton : Renard
- Francis X. Bushman, Jr. (Ralph Bushman) : Schmidt
- John Wayne : Tom Wayne
- Ruth Hall : Elaine Corday
- Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney, Jr.) : Armand Corday
- Hooper Atchley : El Kadur
- Gordon de Main : Colonel Duval
[edit] Trivia
- The serial is in the public domain.
- Lon Chaney, Jr., is billed as Creighton Chaney.
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| Preceded by The Whispering Shadow (1933) |
Mascot Serial The Three Musketeers (1933) |
Succeeded by Fighting with Kit Carson (1933) |
