Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

bkoganbing Usually when films are held up like At Sword's Point are for two years that usually means they're stinkers. I've certainly seen better in the swashbuckling genre. My own opinion is that for whatever reason it was held up RKO decided it might have been to take advantage of the leads being out in big mega hits in 1952, Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show On Earth and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man. At Sword's Point shows France in the years of Louis XIV's minority having some big trouble. It certainly had its problems in those years, but the realm was led by a most capable regent in Cardinal Mazarin and the Queen Mother Anne Of Austria. Mazarin's role has been completely eliminated and Louis has a sister instead of a brother.Anne who is dying of a weak heart is being pressured by the grasping and fictional Duc DeLavalle played by Robert Douglas to marry princess Nancy Gates and steal the throne. The Queen Mother is played proudly and regally by Gladys Cooper. Cooper wishes those guys who saved her bacon back in the day were still around. Well Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan may not be, but their kids have all been taught the Musketeer fighting skills and it's time for a new generation of Musketeers to battle for the honor of the throne.The kids are Cornel Wilde as D'Artagnan, Alan Hale,Jr. as Porthos, Dan O'Herlihy as young Aramis and Athos was blessed with a daughter in Maureen O'Hara who keeps up with the boys in terms of fighting skills.One hopes that some kid studying French history doesn't take a short cut and watch this film to learn about France in 1650s. But as a swashbuckler it's not a bad film with heroes and villains cut from some whole cloth. The original Three Musketeers certainly had characters far more complex than these.And hopefully RKO got its money's worth with At Sword's Point in the wake of The Quiet Man and The Greatest Show On Earth.

gordonl56 AT SWORD'S POINT – 1952 This fun to watch adventure film is another take on "The Three Musketeers" tale.It is several decades past the time setting for the first story. Queen Anne, Gladys Cooper, is being pressured by the evil Duc de Lavalle (Robert Douglas) to marry off her daughter, Nancy Gates to him. Anne knows that Douglas is a power hungry swine who just wants to rule France. He is also trying to find the location of the next in line, the young boy, Peter Miles.Queen Anne has sent messengers to the King of Spain for help, but Douglas's men catch, and murder said riders. So she sends for her loyal Musketeers of years before. There is however a slight problem with this idea. The original men are all dead, or bedridden. Their children, Cornel Wilde, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Hale JR and Maureen O'Hara however answer the call.Plenty of swordplay, escapes from the bad guys and thrilling rescues abound in this quick pace romp.I found it Interesting to see Miss O'Hara handling a sword with the rest. It looks like she must have taken more than a few lessons. Needless to say the new Musketeers save the day and dispatch the evil Douglas and his crew.Director Lewis Allen must have had a blast making this one. Allen, was better known for helming some dark film noir, such as, DESERT FURY, SO EVIL MY LOVE, A BULLET FOR JOEY, ILLEGAL, CHICAGO DEADLINE, APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER and SUDDENLY.

mark.waltz French history has often been altered for Hollywood films, and here, it is the tale of the attempted take-over of the throne by an evil cardinal and his hold on the aging Queen who is acting as a regent for her young son, Louis. The cardinal demands to marry the Princess in order to gain power, and that is where the musketeers come in, this time joined by the sword fighting Maureen O'Hara. She has the stamina of all the musketeers together, giving a feminist aspect to the predictable tale. Leading musketeer Cornel Wilde gets the pleasure of both sparring and romancing her, making this also a variation of Taming of the Shrew where the finale has O'Hara in triumph.Robert Douglas is an appropriate villain with Gladys Cooper a noble yet regal ailing Queen. Wasted in a generic role is European stage legend Blanche Yurka as a tavern owner without the secret menacing of "A Tale of Two City's" wine shop owner Madame DeFarge. A sly wit dominates the screenplay, and the Technicolor photography is stunning, particularly for O'Hara. But, as her oft-costar John Wayne once said about someone else, she'd look good in a burlap bag.

chrisreno181 This is truly an excellent swashbuckling adventure starring Muareen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde. There are lots of impressive sword fights. Maureen o'Hara is gorgeous funny and fights excellently with a sword. As well as sword fights there is lots of humour and wit in the film. The film centres around the sons and daughter of the musketeers. They must assist queen Anne in her fight against Lavalle.I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the three musketeers from 1948 film starring Gene Kelly and Lana Turner. Heaps of fun 10/10 glad they are releasing this on warner archives DVD.Chris