The Three Musketeers Director: George Sidney Cast: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin
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- DVD Release Date: 04/25/2007
- Original Release: 1948
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- Sales Rank: 42,709
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Scene Index
Disc #1 -- The Three Musketeers
1. Alliance of the Three Musketeers [20:56]
2. Becoming a Musketeer [18:52]
3. Save the Queen [19:47]
4. Two Men Broken Hearted [18:17]
5. War Between France and Endland [22:09]
6. The Vengeance [25:23]
Editorial Reviews
The third talkie version of Dumas' The Three Musketeers, this splashy 1948 MGM adaptation is also the first version in Technicolor. Gene Kelly romps his way through the role of D'Artagnan, the upstart cadet who joins veteran Musketeers Athos (Van Heflin), Porthos (Gig Young) and Aramis (Robert Coote) in their efforts to save their beloved Queen Anne (Angela Lansbury) from disgrace. They are aided in their efforts by the lovely and loyal Constance (June Allyson), while the villainy is in the capable hands of Milady De Winter (Lana Turner) and Richelieu (Vincent Price). Notice we don't say Cardinal Richelieu: anxious not to offend anyone, MGM removed the religious angle from the Cardinal's character. While early sound versions of Three Musketeers eliminated the deaths of Constance and Milady, this adaptation telescopes the novel's events to allow for these tragedies. True to form, MGM saw to it that Lana Turner, as Milady, was dressed to the nines and heavily bejeweled for her beheading sequence. Portions of the 1948 Three Musketeers, in black and white, showed up in the silent film-within-a-film in 1952's Singin' in the Rain, which of course also starred Gene Kelly. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 8 and UP
What to watch out for
- Drugs:
Drinking of wine and mead, typical for the time and type of story.
- Language:
Name calling and mild swear words like "damn."
- Sex:
The heroes have women falling all over them and most of the women are about to fall out of their costumes -- lots of heaving bosoms. An evil cardinal threatens and tries to seduce women. Lots of kissing, talk of love, and wooing. A woman ta... More
The heroes have women falling all over them and most of the women are about to fall out of their costumes -- lots of heaving bosoms. An evil cardinal threatens and tries to seduce women. Lots of kissing, talk of love, and wooing. A woman takes a bath and appears nude from the waist up, we see her bare back. A man tries to grope a woman who pulls a knife on him, placing it at his private area. Close
- Violence:
Lots of sword- and fist-fighting. People are shown being killed, but there is minimal blood. There are some scenes of torture and a man who begged for mercy is killed; we see the shadow of his stabbing. Cannon fire and a suicide is also sho... More
Lots of sword- and fist-fighting. People are shown being killed, but there is minimal blood. There are some scenes of torture and a man who begged for mercy is killed; we see the shadow of his stabbing. Cannon fire and a suicide is also shown when a woman, who is to be executed, jumps from a cliff into the water below. We don't see her hit the water. Close
- Messages:
Not an issue.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About TheThree Musketeers
Parents need to know that the violent content is a factor for younger viewers -- good and bad guys die by the sword mostly, with one suicide by jumping. And while most of the sexual innuendo will go over kids' heads, the ogling, kissing, and overflowing corsets are all right there for them to see.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about honor and duty. Of the four famed Musketeers, who was the most honorable? Was he your favorite? Why or why not? Even heroes make mistakes. What mistakes did D'Artagnan make?
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