The Iron Mask ★★½ 1929 Early swashbuckling extravaganza with a master swordsman defending the French king from a scheme involving substitution by a lookalike. Still fairly exciting, thanks largely to director Dwan's flair. Based on Alexandre Dumas's "Three Musketeers" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" with talking sequences. 103m/B VHS, DVD. Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Nigel de Brulier, Marguerite de la Motte, Ullrich Haupt, William "Billy" Bakewell;
Director:
Allan Dwan;
Writer:
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.;
Writer:
Henry Sharp.
