- Actors: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Angela Lansbury
- Directors: George Sidney
- Writers: Alexandre Dumas père, Robert Ardrey
- Producers: Pandro S. Berman
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Portuguese
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 6 Mar 2007
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000KJU13M
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,946 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The influence of Buster Keaton on Jackie Chan's brand of comedy-action stunt work is well documented, but looking at Gene Kelly's impressively energetic stunt work in George Sidney's lavish 1948 MGM version of The Three Musketeers it's clear that his viewing extended beyond the silent era. The sheer amount of vitality and imagination that goes into the first duel with Richelieu's men is absolutely astounding: it's almost like watching a vintage live-action Tom and Jerry cartoon. Unfortunately, while he shares Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s athleticism, he also shares his penchant for ham, particularly in the love scenes (this is the performance Kelly sends up mercilessly in Singin' in the Rain's The Duelling Cavalier), but he's never quite bad enough to throw the film of course. George Sidney, who had one of the best eyes for striking composition of any directors at MGM, makes sure it always looks good (this is from the days when Technicolor really was glorious), Herbert Stothart's rousing score carries it along with unashamed gusto (though it could have done without the Tchaikovsky for the love scenes) and there's a fine supporting cast - Van Heflin, Gig Young and Robert Coote round out the Musketeers, Angela Lansbury and Frank Morgan play the royalty, Lana Turner the femme fatale while Vincent Price provides superbly underplayed velvet villainy as Richelieu, beating Ernst Stavro Blofeld to the cat on the lap business by a good 19 years (though he opts for a tortoiseshell tabby rather than a Persian White). Great fun in a Christmas Day kind of way.
Warners' Region 1 NTSC DVD is quite a treat - a fine transfer with the theatrical trailer, brief radio promo, cartoon (though curiously 'What Price Fleadom?' instead of the obvious choice of Tom and Jerry's The Two Mouseketeers) and a vintage James Fitzpatrick travelog (curiously once again France doesn't get a look-in) that has some interesting but not always accurately identified colour footage of post-war London.
Warners' Region 1 NTSC DVD is quite a treat - a fine transfer with the theatrical trailer, brief radio promo, cartoon (though curiously 'What Price Fleadom?' instead of the obvious choice of Tom and Jerry's The Two Mouseketeers) and a vintage James Fitzpatrick travelog (curiously once again France doesn't get a look-in) that has some interesting but not always accurately identified colour footage of post-war London.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Far and away the best movie made of the French tale of noble minded courtier rebels doing everyone a favour by getting rid of a tyrant ruler. High spirited, atmospheric, with a good mix of derring do action and poignant dramatic moments, this is a roistering boys own kind of movie showing old Hollywood at its best. Gene Kelly shines as the brave and handsome, very athletic D'Artagnian who leads a righteous rebelion against a totally rotten and cruel government. No other version I've seen holds a light to this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is definitely the best version of the Alexandre Dumas classic novel. I think it's the best version because it's entertaining and it has great swordplay.
There were two versions before this one and it was the 1921 version with Douglas Fairbanks and a 1939 version with Don Ameche. The 1921 version is ok, but the effects are outdated and if you like musicals it's worth watching the 1939 version. The 1973 version with Micheal York is not very good and also the sequals are not so good either. But I did enjoy the 1993 version with Kiefer Sutherland and if you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.
There is a good cast in the 1948 version including Gene Kelly,Van Heflin and Lana Turner. Also this is surpossed to be Gene Kelly's favourite non Musical. Vincent Price also stars as the villain Richelieu, but he only appears on a few scenes which I found disappointing. I also thought the ending could have been a bit better because I was expecting to see more action. This version is mentioned on my top 25 swashbuckling movies and it is ranked number 18. The movie is directed by George Sidney who directed the classic swashbuckling drama Scaramouche 4 years later.
There were two versions before this one and it was the 1921 version with Douglas Fairbanks and a 1939 version with Don Ameche. The 1921 version is ok, but the effects are outdated and if you like musicals it's worth watching the 1939 version. The 1973 version with Micheal York is not very good and also the sequals are not so good either. But I did enjoy the 1993 version with Kiefer Sutherland and if you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.
There is a good cast in the 1948 version including Gene Kelly,Van Heflin and Lana Turner. Also this is surpossed to be Gene Kelly's favourite non Musical. Vincent Price also stars as the villain Richelieu, but he only appears on a few scenes which I found disappointing. I also thought the ending could have been a bit better because I was expecting to see more action. This version is mentioned on my top 25 swashbuckling movies and it is ranked number 18. The movie is directed by George Sidney who directed the classic swashbuckling drama Scaramouche 4 years later.
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A curate's egg
It's worth watching this for the fantastic duelling scenes, but steel yourself for big helpings of ham acting and bathos. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Friend of Dorothy
Classic Musketeers.
There have been many versions, all vey good. However this is the original 1948 version and has a certain magic about it.Who can compare with Lana Turner?
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Mr. J. W. Lewis
Good overall but has failings
For the first non-musical I've seen Gene Kelly in this was surprisingly good, and it is easy to see why out of all his non-musical films this was Gene Kelly's personal favorite. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2008 by Henry Watkinson
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