''Knights of the Queen'' (Italian:''I cavalieri della regina'') is a 1954 Italian-American swashbuckler based on ''
The Three Musketeers
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'' starring
Sebastian Cabot. It was shot in Europe.
It later led to a TV series, ''The Queen's Musketeers'' or ''The Three Musketeers''. The series debuted in the US in 1956.
The film and some episodes of the TV series were directed by
Nathan Juran
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and
Mauro Bolognini
Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter.
Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...
. Other episodes were directed by
Hugo Fregonese
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,
Frank McDonald and Joseph Lerner.
Cast
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Jeffrey Stone as
D'Artagnan
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the ...
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Paul Campbell as Aramis
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Sebastian Cabot as Porthos
*Domenico Modugno as Athos
Feature films
Some of the episodes from the series were edited into a feature film, ''The King's Musketeers''.
References
External links
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''The Three Musketeers'' TV seriesat
IMDb
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''The King's Musketeers''at
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1954 films
Films based on The Three Musketeers
Italian swashbuckler films
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Mauro Bolognini
Television films as pilots
1950s English-language films
American swashbuckler films
1950s American films
1950s Italian films
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