D'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.D'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.D'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.
Douglass Dumbrille
- Athos
- (as Douglas Dumbrille)
John 'Dusty' King
- Aramis
- (as John King)
C. Montague Shaw
- Ship Captain
- (as Montague Shaw)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMentioned in Leave It to Beaver Season 6, Episode 30, The Book Report. On the show, this version of The Three Musketeers airs on television. Beaver writes his book report based off of the movie instead of reading the book.
- GoofsDuring the scene where horsemen are chasing a carriage containing Milady and D'Artagnan along a country road, an electric power substation can briefly be seen in the background.
- Quotes
D'Artagnan: She's a walking post office.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Big Sky: Do No Harm (2022)
- SoundtracksSong of the Musketeers
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Samuel Pokrass
Lyrics by Walter Bullock
Played during the opening credits
Performed by Don Ameche and The Ritz Brothers twice
Sung by all the marhcing musketeers at the end
Featured review
Silent film veteran Alan Dwan had helmed several of Douglas Fairbanks' best movies, and here turned out another swashbuckler, but with a difference: those zany Ritzes are on hand as a decidedly non-traditional trio of musketeers. Unlike the Marx Bros., whose movies were A-picture events, the now mostly forgotten Ritz Bros.' antics played in second features that failed to properly showcase their unique brand of knockabout comedy. Here they finally got a chance to perform in a good picture with a strong story and a good lead actor (Don Ameche as D'Artagnan) anchoring the proceedings, rather than just running about and being silly to no obvious purpose. The anarchic Ritzes here unleash their trademark catastrophic comedy to frustrate the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu and Lady deWinter. The Ritzes, of course, are not actual cavaliers, but rather a trio of dolts forced to masquerade as such to protect the Queen's honor. Much hectic action abounds, plus a few comedy songs, great silly costumes and a few of the Ritzes stage numbers such as a beautifully choreographed dance with cymbals on their bodies that must have taken years to perfect. The complex story is efficiently handled - the fat original novel plays out in a mere 72 minutes - and the straight action, heroically played by Ameche, and elaborately staged silliness of the Ritzes mixes well. An action comedy- musical would seem a difficult thing to blend correctly, but everything here is deftly handled and the cheapish production elements (leftover sets and contract players in supporting roles) do not hinder the overall effect. Worth going out of one's way to catch.
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- One for All
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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