The Fifth Musketeer

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The Fifth Musketeer ★★ Behind the Iron Mask 1979 (PG)

A campy adaptation of Dumas's “The Man in the Iron Mask,” wherein a monarch's evil twin impersonates him while imprisoning the true king. A good cast and rich production shot in Austria make for a fairly entertaining swashbuckler. 90m/C DVD . GB Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Alan Hale Jr., Helmut Dantine, Olivia de Havilland, Jose Ferrer, Rex Harrison; D: Ken Annakin; W: David Ambrose; C: Jack Cardiff.

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