Product Details

• Actors: Don Ameche, The Ritz Brothers, Binnie Barnes, Gloria Stuart, Pauline Moore
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 73 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302982693
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,414 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Based on Alexander Dumas's classic tale, The Three Musketeers, this musical comedy shares characters and some plot but is ultimately a slapstick spoof on the original. D'Artagnan (Don Ameche) sings his way through the film while The Ritz Brothers, three chefs at a French Inn, impersonate the real Musketeers, accidentally insinuating themselves into a confusing roil between French and British royalty. As the four unlikely men happen to discover that the French queen (Gloria Stuart) has endured an affair with a British Duke, D'Artagan and his three cohorts aim to save her humiliation by stealing back a brooch that she bequeathed to the Duke in a fit of passion. Love between D'Artagnan and the queen's lady in waiting, Lady Constance (Pauline Moore) adds sex appeal. This romance substantiates the film when D'Artagnan serenades Lady Constance, who is captive high in a castle tower. The Ritz Brothers' physical comedy peaks while they sword fight, clank wine goblets together in cheers, or bumble in and out of carriages or castles. More like a story of four musketeers, this funny tale boasts corny one-liners, such as "No noose is good noose." The Three Musketeers essentially sets the stage for these comedians to sing and dance, making it a cheerful jaunt into a realm of imagined chivalry. --Trinie Dalton

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Story. Good Songs. Realism & Fun., April 24, 2007

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Reliable Reviews (Carmel Valley, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Three Musketeers (1939) (DVD)

Realistic-adventure and slapstick-comedy normally do not mix, but here they do, because there is a good story, and the film is carefully balanced so the realism brings you right back to the story after limited comedy.

This film has a fitting hero, sword fights, a couple very good songs, a little romance, and surprisingly, some good comedy.

The Ritz brothers sometimes give that silly, cross-eyed, look, that Martin Short can do, that looks so silly, you just want to slap them for looking so silly This is a fun and lively film, yet with realism that makes you wonder, if it did not really happen that way. An excellent, charming, film.

Another great version of "The Three Musketeers" that you have never heard of is "At Sword's Point- 1952" with Alan Hale Jr., Cornell Wilde, and Maureen O'Hara.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Handsome film with comedy. music, romance, and adventure, December 14, 1999

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Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Musketeers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Relax, literature lovers: The Ritz Brothers DON'T have the title roles in this, their only costume picture. Gallant swordsman D'Artagnan (Don Ameche, in a fine performance) takes on all comers to protect the Queen. Large sets and a great cast of character players add to the atmosphere. Very well directed by Allan Dwan (who had staged Douglas Fairbanks swashbucklers). There's very little of the usual Ritz Brothers schtick in this, but they do have an athletic precision-dance routine. The video's print quality is excellent.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Comedy, March 5, 2001

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JRJ (Modesto,Ca Usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Three Musketeers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is really a spoof of The Three Musketeers.The Ritz Brothers are not my cup of tea.This version only follows the first half of the novel.The Ritz Brothers played lackeys.Douglas Dumbrille,Russell Hicks and John King played the Athos,Porthos and Aramis.Don Ameche did a good job as D'Artagnan.Binnie Barnes,Lionel Atwill and Miles Mander excellent in their parts Milady,Rochefort and Cardinal Richelieu.Gloria Stuart,Joseph Schildkraut,Lester Matthews ,Pauline Moore,John Carradine good in their supporting roles as Queen Anne,King Louis,Constance and Naveau Bernajoux the Cardinal's spy.Is this a faithful adaptation? No,but a good one.Alot of this version was copied from the 1935 version.The D'Artagnan abduction scene an example.Note to those who love this version Miles Mander who played Cardinal Richelieu in this version played King Louis in the more serious 1935 version.The Musketeers in this version like the 1935 were getting a little long in the tooth but the performances were good.If you really enjoyed this comical take on the classic then you would probably like the Disney 1993 version (which copied from the 1935 and 1939 versions) and two Mexican versions one with Cantinflas 1942 (not dubbed in English) and Tin Tan's 1957 version which plays on the Nostalgia Channel and is dubbed in English.The funny thing about Tin Tan's version is the costumery looks just like that of the 1948 Gene Kelly version and Milady de Winter looks like a redheaded Janet Leigh.So if you like spoofs of classics you will like this.