The Three Musketeers 1933 American aviator Tom Wayne John Wayneand his co pilot, Stubbs Noah Beery Jr are flying over an African desert when they see trouble below Arab bandits are attacking three troopers of the French Foreign Legion Using the machine gun mounted on his airplane, Wayne quickly stops the Arab attack The rescued Legionaires Clancy Jack Mulhall, Renard Raymond Hatton and Dutch Schmidt Francis X Bushman Jr introduce themselves as The Three Musketeers They inform Wayne that the attackers were followers of The Devils Circle, a fanatic cult out to destroy the Foreign Legion by gun running and insurrection The cults leader is El Shaitan, a masked man whose real identity is known to none Wayne is drawn into the fight through the encouragement of his new friends, and a call for help from an old friend, Armand Corday Lon Chaney Jr , who has been duped into The Devils Circle, but is trying to break away But Armand, is killed by an assassin before he can tell what he knows about the cult Stubbs is also killed Helped by the Musketeers and Armands sister, Elaine Ruth Hall, Wayne sets out to smash the cult