The Three Musketeers (1921) | Directed by Fred Niblo - Full Movie

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

The Three Musketeers is a 1921 American silent film based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Fred Niblo and stars Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. The film originally had scenes filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process (billed as the "Wyckoff-DeMille Process"). The film had a sequel, The Iron Mask (1929), also starring Fairbanks as d'Artagnan and DeBrulier as Cardinal Richelieu.

Directed by: Fred Niblo
Written by: Alexandre Dumas (novel), Edward Knoblock (adaptation), Douglas Fairbanks, Lotta Woods (screenplay)
Produced by: Douglas Fairbanks
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette, Boyd Irwin, Marguerite De La Motte
Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
Edited by: Nellie Mason
Music by: Louis F. Gottschalk
Distributed by: United Artists
Release date: August 28, 1921
Running time: 120 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English intertitles
Box office: $1.5 million