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• KJ P

  
  "The Three Musketeers (1948)" is an extremely simple tale of a man (D'Artagnan) who comes as a peasant to seek war with the three musketeers who run the village. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are in shock to believe that young D'Artagnan is able to take them on in… More
  "The Three Musketeers (1948)" is an extremely simple tale of a man (D'Artagnan) who comes as a peasant to seek war with the three musketeers who run the village. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are in shock to believe that young D'Artagnan is able to take them on in dual, but he seems persistent enough to give him a chance. This film may have been original during the reading of the original novel/play, but this film is just a great representation, even if it is extremely cheesy, towards the origin story of the three musketeers. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this film, but through some action and romance sequences, it becomes a bit laughable and lazily written. It reminded me of early shakespeare at times, which I thoroughly admired for the risk that the director took. To conclude, I truly believe that they could have had a little more background of the characters instead of beginning with the journey of all four men from the start. This is an all around great film with cheese lurking around every corner!

• jay n

  
  Boy is this thing all over the place. Sumptous to be sure it has the MGM touch in spades as far as lavishness goes but an inconsistent tone and some terrible casting choices. The good-Vincent Price and Lana Turner are perfect in their roles with Lana looking astounishing in some… More
  Boy is this thing all over the place. Sumptous to be sure it has the MGM touch in spades as far as lavishness goes but an inconsistent tone and some terrible casting choices. The good-Vincent Price and Lana Turner are perfect in their roles with Lana looking astounishing in some beautiful and some ridiculous costumes. June Allyson also comes across well as Constance and Angela Lansbury looks great but is wasted as the queen. The average-Van Heflin, Gig Young and Richard Coote are merely adequate as the musketeers and while Frank Morgan is always a welcome sight he is just wrong as the king of France. The bad-Gene Kelly, and very bad he is, of course he handles the sword fighting episodes well with a dancers grace his over eager and downright dreadful line readings and reactions are painful and irritating to watch. Whenever he is on screen the movie stops dead in it's tracks. A very mixed bag.

• AJ V

  
  It's true that all the Three Musketeer movies have the same story pretty much, but what makes them interesting is the actors, and this one has many good actors, who make the movie worth seeing.

• Veronique K

  
  the 1948 "three musketeers" is apparently star-vehicle for gene kelly and lana turner (perhaps also van heflin) who basically take all the ravieting scenes according to the developments of the script. kelly palys d'artagnan, an aspired countryman who wanna… More
  the 1948 "three musketeers" is apparently star-vehicle for gene kelly and lana turner (perhaps also van heflin) who basically take all the ravieting scenes according to the developments of the script. kelly palys d'artagnan, an aspired countryman who wanna accomplish his chivalric glories in paris by impressing the noted three musketeers profoundly by his incidiental swashbuckling which also gains the king's appreciation. then d'artagnan romances one woman after another, majestically enchanted by the angelic june allyson and the devilish lana turner who deliberatedly chooses the against-type to shine her brilliant beauty in gaudy courtesan costumes. the affairs also involve the rescue of france and the defying duel agianst the conspiracy of evil minster richard (vincent price)...melodramatically the story's webbed with death, revenge and a heart-aching affair. except van heflin who plays the tormented alcoholic musketeer suffering from past tragic marriage, the other two musketeers seem totally inconsequentially characterless, merely serving the purpose only as gene kelly's aiding guidance. unavoidably the swashbuckler gendre would definitely partition female characters into the dualism of saint/satan. june allyson is the redeeming grace, and lana turner is the crooked depravity which sinks the men into abyss, relieved well by the seedy vincent price who plays her accomplice. irresistably turner radiates her scorpian glamour to the utmost in her acting career, particularly her complacently narcisssistic gesture reflected upon the mirror guarantes a successful reversal casting. "three musketeers" is in bright temperament and paced with brisk gayety, a ravishing femme fatale as the eye candy, equipped with the adequate elements of swashbuckler gendre, how could any swashbuckler fan not enjoy it?

• John B

  
  This attempt to make a whimsical version of Dumas' novel sucks all the life out of the novel and reduces it to a bunch of Hollywood stars fooling around with swords and swordplay.

• Henrik S

  
  An enjoyable costume romp in spirit of Disney live-action. Besides the rather grim ending (which is not as grim as it may sound= the movie is a jolly and happy dance through Dumas' classic tale of the three (plus 1) musketeers. I say dance, but do not expect the lead Gene… More
  An enjoyable costume romp in spirit of Disney live-action. Besides the rather grim ending (which is not as grim as it may sound= the movie is a jolly and happy dance through Dumas' classic tale of the three (plus 1) musketeers. I say dance, but do not expect the lead Gene Kelly to burst out in song or start the odd rig. This movie, which claims to be Gene Kelly's favourite of his own non-musical films, still very much relies on Kelly's athleticism when it comes to his fight scenes, which are carefully choreogprahed. He jumps and leaps across the stage in his usual manner, always the huge smile on his lips. Besides Vincent Price, the rest of the cast (especially the other musketeers) are a bit unspectacular and dull. The female Lead (Lana Turner) plays to her strenght but her character is too simple and shallow to put in anything else but a bombshell (That is how she likes like in fact, even if this is supposed to be a period piece, her hair & hat, straight from the 40ies) The movie is enjoyable, but regarding how gritty the novel actually is, this movie can be a dissapointment to some and come over more as a Americanized fluffy-Disney version of an otherwise edgy tale of politics and passion. Still worth checking out when in the right mood (a cozy autumn evening anyone), for Kelly's antics and the colourful set & costume design make up for lack in depth.

• Anthony V

  
  Good adaptation. I'm a sucker for Lana Turner and Gene Kelly though.

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