Overview
The Three Musketeers (Spanish: Los tres mosqueteros) is a 1942 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas. It is based on the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas.
Plot
Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at the CLASA film studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
Cast
Cantinflas - Cantinflas / D'Artagnan
Ángel Garasa - Cardenal Richelieu
Janet Alcoriza - Mimí / Milady de Winter (as Raquel Rojas)
Consuelo Frank - Reina / Ana de Austria
Pituka de Foronda - Constancia / Sra. Bonacieux
Andrés Soler - Athos
Julio Villarreal - Rey Luis XIII
Jorge Reyes - Duque de Buckingham
Estanislao Schillinsky - Aramis
José Elías Moreno - Portos
Rafael Icardo - Comisario / Sr. de Treville
Antonio Bravo - Rochefort
María Calvo - Estefanía, doncella
Salvador Quiroz - Tabernero
Alfonso Bedoya - Gorila en cabaret
José Arratia - Antonio Bonacieux (uncredited)
Alfonso Carti - Policía (uncredited)
Roberto Cañedo - Joven en la cola (uncredited)
María Claveria - Madre de D'Artagnan (uncredited)
Manuel Dondé - Capitán (uncredited)
Pedro Elviro - Mesero / Posadero (uncredited)
Edmundo Espino - Padre de D'Artagnan (uncredited)
Ana María Hernández - Dama de la corte (uncredited)
Rubén Márquez - Hombre bailando en cabaret (uncredited)
Ignacio Peón - Sirviente del rey (uncredited)
Jorge Rachini - John, sirviente del duque (uncredited)
Humberto Rodríguez - Sacerdote (uncredited)
Production
Posa Films hired a number of established stars cast to support its contract actor Cantinflas. Miguel M. Delgado, who was already considered "Cantinflas' exclusive director", was assigned the task to direct the lavish and expensive production. Jaime Salvador, whose screenplay for the previous Cantinflas vehicle El gendarme desconocido brought him fame, adapted Dumas' novel for the screen. Ballet Theatre, a renowned dance group of the time, was employed to perform the ballet in the throne room scene.
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