Edited version of the 1933 Mascot serial "The Three Musketeers," first released in 1946.Edited version of the 1933 Mascot serial "The Three Musketeers," first released in 1946.Edited version of the 1933 Mascot serial "The Three Musketeers," first released in 1946.
John Wayne
- Tom Wayne
- (archive footage)
Ruth Hall
- Elaine Corday
- (archive footage)
Robert Frazer
- Maj. Booth
- (archive footage)
Noah Beery Jr.
- Stubbs
- (archive footage)
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Lt. Armand Corday
- (archive footage)
- (as Creighton Chaney)
Jack Mulhall
- Clancy
- (archive footage)
Raymond Hatton
- Renard
- (archive footage)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
- Schmidt
- (archive footage)
Hooper Atchley
- El Kadur
- (archive footage)
Gordon De Main
- Col. Duval
- (archive footage)
Al Ferguson
- Ali
- (archive footage)
Edward Peil Sr.
- Ratkin
- (archive footage)
- (as Edward Piel)
William Desmond
- Capt. Boncour
- (archive footage)
George Magrill
- El Maghreb
- (archive footage)
Robert Warwick
- Col. Brent
- (archive footage)
Rodney Hildebrand
- Col. Demoyne
- (archive footage)
Emile Chautard
- Gen. Pelletier
- (archive footage)
Yakima Canutt
- El Shaitan masked
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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Lt. Armand Corday: Those fool Arabs are always beating their native drums.
- Alternate versionsThis is an hour-long feature film re-edited from the three-and-a-half hour serial entitled The Three Musketeers (1933)
- ConnectionsEdited from The Three Musketeers (1933)
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ITS PURPOSE DIED IN ITS SERIAL FORMAT.
Released in 1946, this feature is cobbled together from a 12 part 1933 Mascot serial, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and purports to be based upon the classic work by Dumas, with the action transferred to the Sahara and involving a struggle of the French Foreign Legion opposite a secret group of Arab villains, with John Wayne's character mentioned in the script as D'Artagnan to a trio of guardsmen. The original serial is grotesquely silly, and this synthesis is, if possible, even worse, with situations and dialogue that are numbingly puerile; however, if the film lacks any direction whatsoever, the viewer cannot fail but be amazed at the athletic equestrian stuntwork of Yakima Canutt and his crew of worthies, actively and dramatically superior as they are to the remainder of the performers.
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- Also known as
- Los tres mosqueteros del desierto
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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