Peter Cushing did double duty on this film. In additional to his own role, he would feed Louis Hayward the lines for the split screen shots.Nearly all of the characters in this film actually existed, but none of the characters who die in it actually died that way in real life.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) is an American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, pere, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man In The Iron Mask.
The film is notable for containing the first screen role for Peter Cushing. It was also notable for being the source of several subsequent remakes. The film was directed by James Whale and stars Louis Hayward as royal twins, Joan Bennett as Princess Maria Theresa, Warren William as d'Artagnan, and Joseph Schildkraut as Nicolas Fouquet.
Cast of The Man in the Iron Mask
Louis Hayward as King Louis XIV / Philippe of Gascony
Joan Bennett as Princess Maria Theresa
Warren William as d'Artagnan
Joseph Schildkraut as Fouquet
Alan Hale as Porthos
Miles Mander as Aramis
Bert Roach as Athos
Walter Kingsford as Colbert
Marion Martin as Mademoiselle de la Valliere (as Marian Martin)
Montagu Love as the Spanish ambassador
Albert Dekker as King Louis XIII
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