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Post by Zone Fighter on Oct 10, 2007 16:54:42 GMT -8
I was going to post on The Three Musketeers but then I disovered the dollar dvd I have of it has been edited down from 210 minutes divided into 12 chapters to only 79 minutes divided into 4 chapters. So I decided not to bother. And the disc is going in the garbage.
I just wanted to warn others to avoid the dollar disc. The disc cover doesn't actually say its a serial.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 10, 2007 17:04:07 GMT -8
if you'd a copy of this i think i can make you one.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 1, 2008 11:37:12 GMT -8
say, let's make this the next serial, since there's a thread already!
Jack Mulhall ... Clancy
Raymond Hatton ... Renard
Ralph Bushman ... Schmidt (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.)
John Wayne ... Lt. Tom Wayne
Ruth Hall ... Elaine Corday
Lon Chaney Jr. ... Lt. Armand Corday [Chs. 1, 10]
Hooper Atchley ... El Kadur
Gordon De Main ... Col. Duval
Robert Frazer ... Major Booth, USA
Noah Beery Jr. ... Noah Stubbs [Chs. 1-2, 10]
Al Ferguson ... Ali
Edward Peil Sr. ... Ratkin (as Edward Piel)
William Desmond ... Capt. Boncour
George Magrill ... El Maghreb
Robert Warwick ... Col. Brent, USA
Chapter Titles:
* 1. The Fiery Circle
* 2. One For All, All For One
* 3. The Master Spy
* 4. Pirates of the Desert
* 5. Rebel Rifles
* 6. Death's Marathon
* 7. Naked Steel
* 8. The Master Strikes
* 9. The Fatal Cave
* 10.Trapped!
* 11.The Measure of a Man
* 12.The Value of Comrades
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 1, 2008 18:50:33 GMT -8
our heroes are about to get wiped out by a Bedoin army until they are saved by a plane. the pilot is Tom Wayne, visiting his girl. they make a pact to stop the Arab gunrunners.
El Shaitan leads the Devil's Circle. they want Wayne's plane to be used to run guns, and Armand, who was tricked into the Circle is supposed to do it.
Wayne gets called on the carpet for forged papers and heads out to Africa again. Armand tries to kill himself, but Wayne foils that, though El Shaitan shoots him anyway. Wayne is framed for that too, but gets away.
the three pals show up in the following melee and rescue Wayne. Elaine wants to avenge her brother. Wayne engages in a dogfight with El Shaitan's ship. after they land, they flee on horseback, right into the Foreign Legion. the plane then strafes everyone!
next~ One For All, All For One
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 1, 2008 19:20:45 GMT -8
Tom lands, but Stubbs gets shot and dies in his arms. Tom then tells the Captain about the arms El Shaitan has hidden. while the main battle distracts the villains, a small band sneak into the deserted prison.
Elaine then shows up and tries to get Tom arrested. Tom is sure El Kadur is El Shaitan, but no one believes that. the Three Pals drop by and knock Tom out. or do they?
Tom escapes and joins up with his friends to head out after El Kadur. they track him to a cave where the Devil's Circle meets. Elaine shows up and alerts El Kadur to the Musketeers' presence. suddenly two are trapped!
next~ The Master Spy
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 5, 2008 20:42:51 GMT -8
Tom and Frenchie use their bayonets to save themselves by climbing up the sinking floor. the musketeers get captured and face a firing squad (no thanks to Elaine). Tom then convinces Elaine to help him save his pals.
and her decoy works, the boys get away. true to his word, Tom goes to Elaine to give himself up, but she decides he doesn't have to. Major Booth shows up, and a fistfight breaks out between him and Tom. Tom gets away, and we see Booth donning Arab garments.
El Shaitan wants Tom suppressed since he has the letter now. Tom gets caught and clobbered in the desert!
next~ Pirates of the Desert
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 5, 2008 21:00:53 GMT -8
the Musketeers tell their chief that El Kadur is El Shaitan. the men that knocked Tom out take his letter and leave him to the buzzards. good thing the Legion shows up before the buzzards do!
Tom tells them Elaine has been taken by El Shaitan's men. Col. Duval confronts El Kadur about being El Shaitan. the Musketeers vouch for Tom not being a gunrunner (flashback to ep 1). El Kadur has words with Duval, who's one of his men.
Tom hides in plain site and finds out where Elaine is, and off he goes to rescue her. he does, but El Shaitan shows up to ruin the escape. as he's crawling along the top of the base, he gets shot at!
next~ Rebel Rifles
incidently, El Shaitan's HQ is in a very familiar cave...
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 8, 2008 17:51:46 GMT -8
El Kadur's men show up to battle El Shaitan's men. E.S. gets away, but Tom is also unharmed. he does get arrested again by E.K.
later, Elaine overhears some plans of E.S. and heads out to the Musketeers. they get into a brawl saving her. she wants to tell Duval about E.S.'s plans. Duval promises to reward the Musketeers!
they finally suss out that Duval is in league with E.S. though. they get Tom removed to the hospital with the old "he's really sick" routine.
Tom escapes, but gets shot!
next~ Death's Marathon
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 8, 2008 18:09:50 GMT -8
Tom just faked getting shot, then clobbers Duval. he still gets caught, and Duval begins Tom's court martial. naturally he is found guilty and sentenced to death by firing squad.
the Musketeers head out to help Tom. Elaine goes to El Kadur and he gives her the letter. the Musketeers stage a fight and Elaine takes the plane to the HQ. Gen. Formet sends orders back with her to retry Tom.
the Muskets are assigned to Tom's firing squad. Elaine runs in with the letter right as the muskets go off!
next~ Naked Steel
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 13, 2008 17:48:02 GMT -8
all the shots were blanks, so Tom is spared, much to Duval's annoyance. El Shaitan wants him dead, so he remembers how he's been thwarted in the past by Tom and the Musketeers.
he sends his men out and then knives are thrown at both the Musketeers and Elaine!
next~ The Master Strikes
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 13, 2008 18:12:50 GMT -8
Elaine is barely scratched, but the three pals get called on the carpet again. they are confined to the garrison.
Tom gets passed some food. El Shaitan makes a plan to get his guns back. nearly the entire garrison is sent out on patrol, leaving a skeleton crew guarding the place.
his men succeed in stealing the truck of guns. during the raid the pals free Tom. he goes to search Duval's office before he leaves. Tom tracks them to the Devil's Cave, but almost gets caught. the shopkeeper sends him to Elaine's place. Duval has trailed Tom there, and wants to search the house.
Elaine says she will deliver the proof instead of Tom. El Shaitan appears and threatens Elaine, and Tom attempts to get the drop on him!
next~ The Fatal Cave
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 15, 2008 23:19:19 GMT -8
El Kadur was only "pretending" to be El Shaitan, but Tom gets arrested again. Elaine heads off to give the evidence to the General.
the three pals almost get caught by Duval and El Kadur. Tom gets away, and the men go after him. Tom gets "shot" but fakes that. he leads them on a merry chase around Bronson Canyon, i mean the desert.
the pals show up in time to save Tom. they head off to the Devil's Crater to get the guns and ammo as evidence against Duval. they get there and get ready to blow up the entrance. but the Legion shows up as the fuse is about to blow!
next~ Trapped!
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 16, 2008 0:33:47 GMT -8
Tom tells his pals to take credit for the finding the guns, and he'll pretend to be dead. Tom has a fight with the Secret Service man who's tailing him, but gets away. Brent breaks his leg, and he and Tom have a powwow (and we get another flashback).
the Legion brings in El Kadur, who tells Duval what's going on. El Shaitan sends Ali to Elaine's house to wait for Tom. the shopkeeper finds out El Shaitan is Duval and then Ali strikes at Tom!
next~ The Measure of a Man
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 19, 2008 18:00:31 GMT -8
Tom easily clobbers Ali, and get the drop on Duval. El Kadur vouches for Duval to the new Col. but then gets shot before he can reveal the name of El Shaitan. Tom catches up to the shooter, but can't get any info out of him.
he takes him to Elaine's place, but finds out that Duval is dead and Elaine is gone. our heroes make their plan! then the battle starts. Tom rescues Elaine and then they head out to the Devil's Circle.
Ali breaks free and warns El Shaitan!
next~ The Value of Comrades
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jan 19, 2008 18:18:42 GMT -8
after Tom is found out, a fistfight breaks out. during the battle Elaine returns with reinforcements from the Legion. they end up at El Kadur's, but Ali won't tell anyone who El Shaitan really is. then we have a flashback. then it's all over for the Shopkeeper! Tom gives credit to the Three Musketeers, then marries Elaine!
review: well, it's adequate. nice to see the very young John Wayne here, and Lon Chaney, Jr, but other than that, it's nothing great. a better print would help, i am sure. i can't believe they used previous footage in the last episde!
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