The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers (1942)

Los Tres Mosqueteros

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.

Date of release
1942-08-27
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (32)
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Adventure, Comedy
Director
Miguel M. Delgado
Collection
Cantinflas Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers is a 1942 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Mario Moreno «Cantinflas», Janet Alcoriza, Consuelo Frank and Pituka de Foronda. This film is based on the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas.

Production

Posa Films hired a number of established stars to support its contract actor Cantinflas. Miguel M. Delgado, who was already considered "Cantinflas' exclusive director", was assigned to direct the production. Jaime Salvador, whose screenplay for the previous Cantinflas vehicle El gendarme desconocido brought him fame, adapted Dumas' novel for the screen.

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