The Iron Man ( The Man in the Iron Mask ) is an American film directed by James Whale in 1939 .
Technical sheet
- French title: L’Homme au masque de fer
- Original title: The Man in the Iron Mask
- Director: James Whale
- Scenario: George Bruce . It is a very free adaptation of the Vicomte de Bragelonne (also known as The Man with the Iron Mask ) by Alexandre Dumas , third part of the trilogy of the Musketeers.
- Photography: Robert Planck
- Artistic direction: John DuCasse Schulze
- Music: Lucien Moraweck and Lud Gluskin
- Costumes: William Bridgehouse (Bridgehouse credited)
- Editing: Grant Whytock
- Producer: Edward Small , for his company “Edward Small Productions”
- Distributor: United Artists
- Genre : historical drama
- Format: Black and white
- Duration: 107 minutes
- Release dates: United States : / France :
Distribution
- Louis Hayward : Louis XIV and Philippe de Gascon
- Joan Bennett : Maria Theresa of Austria
- Warren William : D’Artagnan
- Joseph Schildkraut : Superintendent Fouquet
- Alan Hale : Porthos
- Walter Kingsford : Colbert
- Miles Mander : Aramis
- Bert Roach : Athos
- Howard Brooks : Cardinal Mazarin
- Montagu Love : the Spanish ambassador
- Doris Kenyon : Anne of Austria
- Marion Martin : M lle de la Valliere
- Albert Dekker : Louis XIII
- Nigel De Brulier : Cardinal Richelieu
- William Royle : the commander of La Bastille
- Harry Woods : the first officer
- Peter Cushing : the second officer
- Wyndham Standing : the doctor
- Lane Chandler : the captain of Fouquet’s guards
- Emmett King : The King’s Chamberlain
- Ian Maclaren (uncredited): a valet
Appointments
Named in 1939 for the Oscar for the best film music .