Approved | 1h 21min | Adventure, History | February 1952 | Color
Director: Lewis Allen
Stars: Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Hale Jr.
Watched online, ok print for small screen.
Probably entered on the watchlist for CW's swordsmanship (selected for the Olympic team, but withdrew himself.)
The poster is typical Howard Hughes (running RKO at the moment). MO spends most of the film in Musketeer clothing, and never anything so low cut as that drawing. I don't remember CW striking that pose either.
I have no idea how historical the plot is. Interesting that the writing credits make no mention of Dumas, not even "based on characters by".
The film is ok, no more. I was far more dazzled by CW in The Greatest Show on Earth ('52, Paramount), and by G.Kelly in The Three Musketeers ('48, MGM).
RKO, dir. Allen; 6
