Blades of the Musketeers is a 1953 American film adaptation of the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers for Hal Roach Studios.
It was originally shot as an episode of the 1950 TV series Magnavox Theater.
[2] Budd Boetticher says Hal Roach called him saying he wanted to adapt The Three Musketeers as an hour picture for television to be shot over three days.
He says a year later the film was released theatrically.
[3] Another report says the film was shot in four days.