| Lady in the Iron Mask | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
| Screenplay by | Jack Pollexfen Aubrey Wisberg |
| Based on | The Vicomte de Bragelonne byAlexandre Dumas |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger Eugene Frenke |
| Starring | Louis Hayward Patricia Medina Alan Hale, Jr. |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | Bruce B. Pierce |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Color process | Supercinecolor |
Production company | Walter Wanger Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lady in the Iron Mask is a 1952 Americanadventure film[1] directed byRalph Murphy, produced byWalter Wanger and starringLouis Hayward asD'Artagnan andPatricia Medina in the title role.Alan Hale, Jr. portraysPorthos,Judd Holdren playsAramis, andSteve Brodie appears asAthos in thisThree Musketeers adventure film, a reworking ofDouglas Fairbanks' 1929 screen epicThe Iron Mask, an adaptation of the last section of the 1847-1850 novelThe Vicomte de Bragelonne byAlexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of theMan in the Iron Mask. The film's sets were designed by theart directorMartin Obzina and shot inSupercinecolor.
Louis Hayward had played the dual role of the imprisoned prince and his twin in the 1939 versionThe Man in the Iron Mask whileAlan Hale, Sr. portrayed Porthos, and in what may have been an instance ofstunt casting[original research?], the same part was subsequently played by hislookalike sonAlan Hale, Jr. inLady in the Iron Mask thirteen years later.
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