Sons of the Musketeers (1952) ( At Sword's Point )

Sons of the Musketeers (1952) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: At Sword's Point
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lewis Allen

Written By:
Aubrey Wisberg
Jack Pollexfen

Actors:
Cornel Wilde ..... D'Artagnan
Maureen O'Hara ..... Claire
Robert Douglas ..... Duc de Lavalle
Gladys Cooper ..... Queen Anne
June Clayworth ..... Comtesse Claudine
Dan O'Herlihy ..... Aramis
Alan Hale Jr. ..... Porthos
Blanche Yurka ..... Madame Michom
Nancy Gates ..... Princess Henriette
Edmund Breon ..... Queen's Chamberlain (as Edmond Breon)
Peter Miles ..... Young Louis XIV
George Petrie ..... Chalais
Moroni Olsen ..... Old Porthos

Synopsis:

At Sword's Point is about the sons of Dumas' Three Musketeers--one of those 'sons' being of the female persuasion, played by Maureen O'Hara. As the swash-buckling daughter of Athos, O'Hara joins the offspring of Aramis and Porthos, portrayed respectively by Dan O'Herlihy and Alan Hale Jr., as well as the bouncing boy of D'Artagnan, played by Cornel Wilde. These second-generation Musketeers are reunited by the ageing Queen Anne (Gladys Cooper), who wants to stem the villainy of her treacherous nephew, the Duc de Lavalle (Robert Douglas). Lunging and parrying throughout the French countryside, the new Musketeers save the day by preventing a marriage of state between the princess (Nancy Gates) and Lavalle, restoring the girl to her true love, prince Peter Miles. Technicolor is the only decided plus in the favor of the lazy and derivative At Sword's Point, which was completed in 1949 but remained unseen in RKO's vaults for three years.

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one!

Foreseeing grave danger to France, the Queen sends for the four musket- eers. However, they have either passed on or are too old to fight, but they do have three sons and a daughter who are willing to serve. To prevent a political marriage between the Dauphin's daughter, Henriette, and the hated Duke of Lavalle, they abduct the Princess.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 March, 2020.