The Gay Swordsman

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The Gay Swordsman
Son of d'Artagnan.jpg
French film poster
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Screenplay byRiccardo Freda [1]
Story byRiccardo Freda [1]
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Sergio Pesce [1]
Edited by Renato Cinquini [1]
Music by Carlo Jachino [1]
Production
company
Augustus Film [1]
Distributed byAugust Film (Italy)
Release date
  • 8 March 1950 (1950-03-08)(Italy)
Running time
86 minutes [2] a
CountryItaly [1]

The Gay Swordsman (Italian : Il figlio di d'Artagnan) is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Carlo Ninchi, Gianna Maria Canale and Franca Marzi. [3]

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Synopsis

The son of d'Artagnan, the hero of The Three Musketeers , does not wish to follow in his father's footsteps and retires to a monastery. However, when a crime is committed in front of him he feels compelled to become involved. Here he meets the Duke of Bligny and Linda, a pastry chef, with whom he falls in love. Raoul offers to track down and have the mysterious knight punished; but he tries to have him killed without result and so he is accused of having stolen the plan of operations against the Flemings to have him sentenced to death. Raoul will blow up the enemy fortress that blocks the way of the troops and entering the fortress with the Duke Bligny discovers that the mysterious knight is a duke, military adviser to his father.

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Release

The Gay Swordsman was distributed theatrically in Italy by August Film on March 8, 1950. [1] The film grossed a total of 201,000,000 Italian lire domestically. [1]

The film was picked up for distribution overseas, with an article in the Los Angeles Times from November 1950 stating that Sol Lesser's company Principal Pictures International was going to import the film under the title of The Son of D'Artagnan. [4] The film was only released in late 1953 in the United States on the bottom end of double bills with the title The Gay Swordsman. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Curti 2017, p. 307.
  2. ↑ Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387.
  3. ↑ Testa 2002, p. 7.
  4. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 81.

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