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The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Director: James Whale

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From Time Out Film Guide

A stylish swashbuckler from the flamboyant James Whale, with Louis Hayward sharply distinguishing his twin roles, the tyrannical Louis XIV and his identical 'lost' brother. Warren William lends fine support as the fourth musketeer, D'Artagnan, and the film has a fine romantic arc to it, although it hasn't the bizarre wit of the director's most memorable pictures (except perhaps in the bizarre comeuppance that awaits the bad twin when he has to don the iron mask in his turn, and imagines himself strangling to death on his own ever-growing whiskers).

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Cast & crew

Director: James Whale

Producer: Edward Small

Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale, Walter Kingsford, Bert Roach, Marion Martin, Albert Dekker, Peter Cushing full cast

Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers

Duration: 110 mins


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