646f9e108c Three members of the French Foreign Legion are the only survivors in an attack by Arabs somewhere in the Arabian Desert. Tom Wayne, an American pilot, comes to the rescue of Clancy, Renard and Schmidt, and they dub themselves "The Three Musketeers" and Tom their "D'Artagnan." But the three friends must soon help Tom prove his innocence when he is framed for the death of a friend and try to uncover the identity of a mysterious masked man known as El Shaitan. Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion. After John Wayne's character tells his three musketeer friends he can't go with them, he tells them he's promised "Ruth Corday" he'd come back to marry her. He should have said "Elaine" Corday, the correct name for the character. Wayne obviously mixed up the first name of the actress ("Ruth" Hall) with the first name of the character she plays. He does, however, get her name correct in the rest of the film. I only noticed this goof since I am big on details, names and such and just happened to catch the error. Wayne, otherwise can do no wrong. It is always worth seeing him in his early days of film. Action-packed hero whether in the desert, like in this picture, or on the Western trail, he's always the hero. An old creaker of a 12 chapter Foreign Legion serial actually puts John Wayne in the forefront of the action despite having him appear only fourth in the credits. The production standards of course were nothing to write home about then and are certainly slapdash now but the action has some nifty inventive moments and it was all shot on location which was a big plus. The good natured comraderie between the "musketeers" was definitely used as a prototype for Gunga Din, made six years later by RKO. Some notable appearances by Noah Beery Jr, Lon Chaney and Yakima Canutt will interest film historians and the adventure is entertaining enough even if you can't get through all the chapters in one sitting. Not the greatest old-time serial ever made I'm sure but I'll watch John Wayne in anything and the DVD was worth the purchase.
I have read the story 'Three musketeers' before. And it was an interesting story. Is it the same story made as a film? If yes, then the movie will be a great success. Shared Web Hosting Plans I will try to watch the movie soon.
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