The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film)

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| image = The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film).jpg

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| genre =

| based_on = {{based on|The Vicomte of Bragelonne|Alexandre Dumas}}

| writer =

| screenplay = William Bast

| story =

| director = Mike Newell

| starring = Richard Chamberlain
Jenny Agutter
Patrick McGoohan
Ralph Richardson
Louis Jourdan
Ian Holm
Hugh Fraser

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer = Allyn Ferguson

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_episodes =

| producer = Norman Rosemont

| editor = Bill Blunden

| cinematography = Freddie Young

| runtime = 100 minutes

| company =

| budget =

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| released = {{Start date|1977|01|17}}

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The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1977 television film directed by Mike Newell, loosely adapted from the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas and presenting several plot similarities with the 1939 film adaptation. Produced by Norman Rosemont for ITC Entertainment, it stars Richard Chamberlain as King Louis XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as the Chevalier Duval, with Jenny Agutter playing Louis XIV's mistress Louise de la Vallière, and Vivien Merchant as Queen Marie-Therese.