Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at the CLASA film studios. While on the set, Cantinflas falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.
Posa Films hired a number of established stars cast to support its contract actor Cantinflas.[1]Miguel M. Delgado, who was already considered "Cantinflas' exclusive director", was assigned to direct the lavish and expensive production.[1]Jaime Salvador, whose screenplay for the previous Cantinflas vehicle El gendarme desconocido brought him fame, adapted Dumas' novel for the screen.[1] Ballet Theatre, a renowned dance group of the time, was employed to perform the ballet in the throne room scene.[1]
Release
Los tres mosqueteros was a financial success. It "broke all box-office records" in Mexico and earned 123,000 pesos in its first week and 248,000 in the following three weeks.[2]