Lively if second rate swashbuckler finds the four musketeers either aged or deceased. When the dying Queen Anne (Gladys Cooper) summons them to help her save the throne of France from the evil Duc De Lavalle (Robert Douglas) who wants to marry the Princess (Nancy Gates), the sons of D’Artagnan (Cornel Wilde), Aramis (Dan O’Herlihy), Porthos (Alan Hale Jr.) and the daughter of Athos (Maureen O’Hara) show up instead. There’s not much flair (it’s budget limitations show) but the effort is appreciated and Wilde and O’Hara are as adept with a sword as Flynn and Rathbone. Edward Stevenson’s costumes give the film a much needed elegance but Roy Webb’s imitation Korngold score is tedious at best.
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