The Man in the Iron Mask
is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 1847-1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask, 107 minutes
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. British actor Peter Cushing made his screen debut in a minor part.
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 (credited as Marian Martin)
Montagu Love as the Spanish ambassador
Doris Kenyon as Queen Anne
Albert Dekker as King Louis XIII
Nigel De Brulier as Cardinal Richelieu
Boyd Irwin as Lord High Constable of France
Howard Brooks as Cardinal Mazarin
Reginald Barlow as Jean Paul
Lane Chandler as Captain of Fouquet's Guards
Wyndham Standing as Doctor
Dorothy Vaughan as Midwife
Sheila Darcy as Maria, Theresa's Maid
Robert Milasch as Torturer
D'Arcy Corrigan as Tortured Prisoner
Harry Woods as First Officer
Peter Cushing as Second Officer
Ted Billings as Prisoner (uncredited)