The Three Musketeers

What a pleasure... Speed, tense, action, drama, love... even death...Everything I would like in such a musketeers story is there ! It's just amazing !The film is set on a fast tempo, with excellent acting, I almost won't detail, nor... Full review

MGM pulled out all the stops for this 1948 version of "The Three Musketeers." Filmed in color and directed by George Sidney, it has a large, all-star cast consisting of Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Cornell Wilde,... Full review

The Three Musketeers is such a terrific adventure story, and one the great Hero Journey stories, that it's very hard to mess up. The Musketeers themselves are hugely appealing characters, drinking, brawling, romancing much of the time but fiercely loyal... Full review

'The three musketeers' seems to have them swashing their buckles ever since the movie moved, but not even Douglas Fairbank's 1921 version had the lavishness of MGM's 1948 spectacle, or more acrobatic then Gene Kelly's d'Artagnan. Van Heflin, Lana Turner... Full review

While there have been many versions of the THREE MUSKETEERS, this is my very favorite thanks to wonderful writing, acting and cinematography. I just love the incredibly vivid colors of the 1940s Technicolor and this is perhaps the best example... Full review

The true test of a filmed version of a famous novel is not how close the action is to the plot of the book - it's whether it's faithful to the spirit of the original, and above all, whether it... Full review

It starts out as a broad slapstick comedy, and when Gene Kelly has the opportunity to showcase his acrobatic skills, it's good old-fashioned swashbuckling fun. But after the first 20 minutes it turns into mostly heavy drama, and the swordfights... Full review

The Hollywood of the classic studio system is not known for its kindness in adapting great literary works. Often overwrought or oversimplified, cut down or bastardized, the movie versions rarely capture the essence or the form of the books they... Full review

When D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly), a brilliant swordsman, left his Gasgon village, in 1625, with a letter to Monsieur De Treville, captain of the King's Musketeers (Reginald Owen), he didn't expect to have in his first day, three duels with the... Full review

Being only 20 years old, it may be strange for me to have a favourite actor who's era of greatness was that of the mid 20th century. However, the 1948 version of Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' continues to remain one of... Full review

The Three Musketeers - (1948) The color and drama of the novel translated into Technicolor and a theme by Tchaikovsky, this Hollywood version of the Dumas classic story begins as a historical/romantic comedy before segueing into a melodrama. ... Full Article