Academy Awards, USA 1940
| Nominee Oscar | Best Music, Original Score Lud Gluskin Lucien Moraweck |
United Artists
Directed by James Whale
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Hen's Tooth Video)
The king of France has twin sons, and fearing a future civil war sends one of them away to live anonymously with his friend d'Artagnan. Years later the other twin has become an unpopular ruler, despised for his taxes and random executions. His trusted adviser is aware of the other twin and uses the information for his own benefit. When the twin's identity is finally revealed his shackled, fitted with an iron mask and imprisoned. He is rescued by d'Artagnan and the other musketeers, who also capture the king and imprison him instead, also wearing the mask. It takes a while to get going, and is not nearly as good as Whales' other films, but still entertaining.
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