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The Three Musketeers

Based On the book by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers is a 1933 American pre-Code film serial directed by Armand Schaeffer and Colbert Clark, and produced by Nat Levine for Mascot Pictures. The film serial was very loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, with the musketeers changed into three soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and d'Artagnan being reconfigured as Lt. Tom Wayne (played by John Wayne), a pilot in the United States military. Wayne only received fourth billing behind Raymond Hatton, Francis X. Bushman Jr.

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Release date:
1933
Director:
Armand Schaefer
Cast:
John Wayne, Raymond Hatton, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Frazer, Noah Beery Jr.
Country:
United States
Language:
English
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Book vs Film

Cover of The Three Musketeers
The Book · 1844

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

★ 4.1 / 5 29 ratings · Open Library
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The Film · 1933

The Three Musketeers

Armand Schaefer

★ 5.2 / 10 540 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 89 years after publication.

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