---
title: 'The Three Musketeers (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred Niblo'
released: '1921-08-28'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-three-musketeers-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012752/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Three Musketeers (1921)

1921 · 119 min · Action, Adventure, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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. The film had a sequel, The Iron Mask (1929), also starring Fairbanks as d'Artagnan and DeBrulier as Cardinal Richelieu.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks), [Edward Knoblock](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-knoblock), [Lotta Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotta-woods)
- **Producer:** [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks)
- **Director:** [Fred Niblo](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-niblo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis F. Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-f-gottschalk)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)

## Cast

- [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks) as D'Artagnan
- [Willis Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/willis-robards) as Jean-Armand du Peyrer
- [Marguerite De La Motte](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-de-la-motte) as Constance Bonacieux
- [Charles Belcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-belcher) as Bernajoux
- [Sidney Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-franklin) as Bonacieux
- [Lon Poff](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-poff) as François Leclerc du Tremblay
- [Douglas Fairbanks Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks-jr) as un enfant
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier) as Cardinal Richelieu
- [Jean de Limur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-de-limur)
- [George Siegmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-siegmann) as Porthos
- [Walt Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-whitman) as D'Artagnan's father
- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette) as Aramis
- [Charles Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-stevens)
- [Léon Bary](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-bary) as Athos
- [Thomas Holding](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-holding) as George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

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