The Three Musketeers (1948)

The comedy was fun, the sword fights amusing and exciting, the romance was okay, and as a whole a great movie!

New Versions insist upon more action and heroics, which is not bad in itself, but the older movies focus more on character development and storyline.

If you can look past the fact that the main character D'Artagnan, who is 18 in the novel, is played by Gene Kelly who was 36 when the film was made, you will love this version of The Three Musketeers. Kelly, known for his incredible dancing abilities, brings amazing physicality to the role of the greatest swordsman in all of France. Some of the things that he does in this movie, like jumping 25 feet from a cliff and landing on his feet on a beach, crossing a large open room in a tavern from one corner to the other and reaching the second floor in three steps, and crossing several rooftops using a flag that tears as he swings from one roof to another, are flat out remarkable.The film faithfully follows the book and the fanastic cast includes Vincent Price as the evil Cardinal Richelieu, Frank Morgan (the wizard from the Wizard of Oz) as King Louis XIII, a young and very beautiful Angela Lansbury as Queen Anne, and Lana Turner as the deadly Lady de Winter, among many notable others (like Keenan Wynn, the voice of the Winter Warlock from the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer).The running time of 2:05 flies by as we follow D'Artagnon from his humble home in a rural village to Paris, meeting (hilariously) his fellow musketeers, to England and back. If you've never seen this film you are in for a real treat. This is a movie that I have watched at least once a year for more than 40 years and I recommend it most highly!!

Too much Gene Kelly dancing for me. It is a swashbuckler flick, not a ballet. Colorful, based on a great tale. I prefer the 1970's double -- THREE MUSKETEERRS and FOUR MUSKETEERS. Yet I confess I prefer above all the 1939 Ritz Brothers version. This one I would rank third, well above the Generation X 1990's effort. Read the novel, it is a fun read cover to cover.

This is a fun film full of action and comedy. The players are wonderful - Gene Kelly as D'Artagnan, Van Heflin as Athos, Gig Young as Porthos, Lana Turner as Milady DeWinter, June Allyson as Constance, Vincent Price as Cardinal Richelieu and more. Kelly is delightfully acrobatic, jumping around as if his legs were coiled springs, swinging on ropes, fencing like a master - he is a joy to watch - he puts Erroll Flynn to shame. Van Heflin and Gig Young are perfect as his comrades - brave, dashing, as well as foolish and impetuous. Lana Turner is the beautiful and dangerous Milady DeWinter who seduces men to achieve the Cardinal's purposes and can be deadly. June Allyson is the virtuous and hapless Constance. Vincent Price is marvelously evil as Cardinal Richelieu - he uses people like chess pieces and even when thwarted he doesn't wish to kill D'Artagnan but to recruit him. The King is Frank Morgan (the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz), a bumbling but good-hearted king who doesn't quite know what is going on. The costumes and sets are breathtaking and the Technicolor is as good as it gets. There are some beautiful exterior actions scenes along the ocean (undoubtedly the Pacific but still gorgeous).It is Kelly who pulls the picture together, however. He seems to be everywhere at once, so full of energy and life. Although he is a bumpkin from Gascony he is more than a match with a sword for any man in Paris be he one of the King's Musketeer or one of the Cardinal's guards. He does quite a lot with his eyes and his facial expressions, a bit overacted occasionally but still quite enjoyable. Lana Turner has top billing and she is deliciously beautiful with a seemingly endless wardrobe of wonderful costumes From the first scene, however, this movie is all Kelly's - it seems a bit odd that he is so good in what is primarily an action film - but have no doubt he is completely convincing as the most athletic and acrobatic D'Artagnan ever seen on the screen - he is a bit like Burt Lancaster in "The Crimson Pirate" but without the trampoline. Van Heflin has the most serious role as the nobleman-turned-drunken musketeer - lamenting the loss of his treacherous wife and then trying to warn D'Artagnan of the danger of Milady, who loves him not and is far more dangerous than any of his swordman adversaries.This is a version of this often-told story where the film makers "got it right" - there is plenty of action, comedy, romance, intrigue, villainy, heartbreak all going on seemingly at once. The characters are portrayed closely to the way they were written by Dumas and this is precisely how they should be played.

D'après un roman d'Alexandre Dumas. Une interprétation et adaptation libre. Plusieurs acteurs font partie de la distribution.

El DVD que me enviaron no me sirvió porque no es compatible con mi equipo. He querido cambiarlo pero nadie me contesta.

Bra och underhållande film. För den något äldre generationen som jag, som vuxit upp med dessa filmer, helt ok. Inte så överbelamrad med action och effekter, utan kräver duktiga skådespelare och bra manus.

Un classique dans le genre, pour moi la meilleure version des 3 mousquetaires! Entre comédie, action et aussi drame. Je suis tellement heureux de retrouver ce film en blu-ray alors que je ne l'avais toujours vu qu'en cassette VHS chez mes parents il y a plusieurs décennies!Je rassure les éventuels acheteurs sur le fait qu'il y a bien la version française et que c'est exactement le doublage d'origine! Vous pouvez acheter les yeux fermés. Merci

Saw this in a fleapit cinema in about 1961 and the film was 13 years old then. Best version I have seen.