---
title: 'The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Whale'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031619/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

1939 · 113 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American historical adventure film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Whale](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whale)
- **Screenplay:** [George Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bruce)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lud Gluskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lud-gluskin), [Lucien Moraweck](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-moraweck)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert H. Planck](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-h-planck)
- **Editor:** [Grant Whytock](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-whytock)

## Cast

- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods) as First Officer
- [Sheila Darcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-darcy) as Maria
- [Joseph Schildkraut](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-schildkraut) as Nicolas Fouquet
- [Marion Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-martin) as Louise de La Vallière
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier) as Cardinal Richelieu
- [Warren William](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-william) as D'Artagnan
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale) as Porthos
- [Doris Kenyon](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-kenyon) as Anne of Austria
- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing) as Doctor
- [Miles Mander](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-mander) as Aramis
- [Dwight Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-frye) as Fouquet's Valet
- [Montagu Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/montagu-love) as the Spanish ambassador
- [Bert Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-roach) as Athos
- [Boyd Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/boyd-irwin) as Lord High Constable of France
- [D'Arcy Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-arcy-corrigan) as Tortured Prisoner

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