At Sword's Point
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| Directed by | Lewis Allen |
| Written by | Aubrey Wisberg Jack Pollexfen |
| Produced by | Jerrold T. Brandt |
| Starring | Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Samuel E. Beetley Robert Golden |
| Music by | Roy Webb Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
At Sword's Point, also known as Sons of the Three Musketeers, is a 1952 American
The sons of the Three Musketeers and Claire, the daughter of Athos, are reunited by the aging Queen Anne to halt the villainy of her treacherous nephew, the Duc de Lavalle.[2]
Plot
The sons (and a daughter) of the original Four Musketeers ride to the rescue of besieged Queen Anne in 1648 France.
D'Artagnan and his companions are alerted that the terminally ill queen is being pressured by the evil Duc de Lavalle into agreeing to a marriage with Princess Henriette. Unable to respond, the musketeers send their sons (and one daughter) to the royal court to help.
The men are imprisoned and betrayal, and a romance forms between D'Artagnan Jr. and Claire.
Cast
- D'Artagnan
- Maureen O'Hara as Claire
- Robert Douglas as Duc de Lavalle
- Gladys Cooper as Queen Anne
- June Clayworth as Comtesse Claudine
- Dan O'Herlihy as Aramis
- Alan Hale Jr. as Porthos
- Blanche Yurka as Madame Michom
- Nancy Gates as Princess Henriette
- Edmund Breon as Queen's Chamberlain
- Peter Miles as Young Louis XIV
- George Petrieas Chalais
- Moroni Olsen as Porthos
- Lucien Littlefield as Cpl. Gautier (uncredited)
Production
In 1947,
MGM had some difficulties depicting Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers, so the filmmakers decided to not show Cardinal Mazarin in At Sword's Point although the character was in the original script.[9]
Notes
- Porthos is played by Moroni Olsen, who played the same character in the Alan Hale, Sr., who appeared in The Man in the Iron Mask(1939) as an aging Porthos.
- In another Three Musketeers movie, The Fifth Musketeer (1979), which retells the story of The Man in the Iron Mask, two of the young musketeers from At Sword's Point reappear in the roles of their own fathers: Cornel Wilde stars as D'Artagnan and Hale Jr. as Porthos.
References
- ^ "At Sword's Point: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ "At Sword's Point (1952) - Lewis Allen, Paul Lynch | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (Mar 22, 1947). "French Star to Keynote Korda Bilingual Series". Los Angeles Times. p. A5.
- ^ THOMAS F. BRADY HOLLYWOOD. (Feb 1, 1948). "HOLLYWOOD DEALS: Prospects Brighten for United Artists -Budget Runs Wild and Other Matters". New York Times. p. X5.
- ^ "FOX WILL BORROW M'NALLY FROM U-I: Actor Will Play White Doctor Who Befriends Negro Interne in Studio's 'No Way Out'". New York Times. Oct 13, 1949. p. 33.
- ^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Nov 16, 1949). "FILM WRITERS VOTE FOR CONSERVATIVES: Screen Guild Names Valentine Davies Its President -- Tally for Left Wing Is Light". New York Times. p. 39.
- ^ THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. (Nov 16, 1949). "FILM WRITERS VOTE FOR CONSERVATIVES: Screen Guild Names Valentine Davies Its President -- Tally for Left Wing Is Light". New York Times. p. 39.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (Dec 5, 1949). "Zero Mostel Villain; Clayworth Role Tops; 'Wyoming Mail' Slated". Los Angeles Times. p. B9.
- ^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Jan 22, 1950). "HOLLYWOOD DIGEST: Selznick Plans to Shift Production to Europe--Garbo Returns--Other Matters On Again Satisfied Exit, the Cardinal Paper Reports". New York Times. p. 85.
External links
- At Sword's Point at IMDb
- At Sword's Point at the TCM Movie Database
- At Sword's Point at AllMovie
- At Sword's Point at the American Film Institute Catalog
