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The Three Musketeers

Year:
Duration:
105 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Richard Lester
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations
Details
Country: Spain
Release Date: 1974-03-29
Filming Locations: Summer Palace, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain
Earnings
Gross: SEK 1,305,775 (Sweden) Admissions 130,394 (Sweden)
Cast
Actor
Character
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
The Three Musketeers
Raquel Welch
Constance de Bonacieux
Richard Chamberlain
Aramis
Michael York
D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay
Porthos
Christopher Lee
Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin
Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Louis XIII
Spike Milligan
M. Bonacieux
Roy Kinnear
Planchet
Georges Wilson
Treville
Simon Ward
Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway
Milady
Charlton Heston
Cardinal Richelieu
Joss Ackland
D'Artagnan's Father
Nicole Calfan
Kitty
Michael Gothard
Felton
Sybil Danning
Eugenie
Gitty Djamal
Beatrice
Ángel del Pozo
Jussac
Rodney Bewes
Spy
Ben Aris
1st Musketeer
William Hobbs
Assassin
Gretchen Franklin
D'Artagnan's Mother
Francis De Wolff
Sea Captain
Richard Briers
Louis XIII
Michael Hordern
Treville
Frank Thornton
Man in Small Carriage (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Richard Lester wanted Malcolm McDowell to play D'Artagnan.
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The Duke of Buckingham's billiard room and the long hall behind it at his English estate is a leftover set from Patton (1970), it is also seen in The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), where Milady and Buckingham speak about American Indians and also serves as a set of rooms in The Return of the Musketeers (1989) for a different character in France some 10 years after the action of the first two films. Also, the gown worn by Faye Dunaway during the Ball sequence at the end, is also the main gown worn by Jenny Agutter in The Man in the Iron Mask (1977).
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Jean-Pierre Cassel previously played d'Artagnan in Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964).
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Goofs
In some stunts, the musketeers are seen for short spans of time with no rapiers - their hands are empty, as are their scabbards, while before and after they wield their swords. (One notable example is d'Artagnan climbing the walls of the palace near the climax.)
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When M. Bonancieux is in the Bastille and a torturer places a hot rock for him to unknowingly sit on, it is placed in a bowl in a close up but in all the long shots, it is on a flat plate.
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Just before the fight with the Cardinal's guards, Porthos picks up large rock to use as a weapon. As he examines the rock, you can see that it's artificial, because he exposes the mold line.
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Quotes
Jussac: We have a duty to suppress disorder and arrest brawlers. Put up your swords and come along with us.
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M. Bonancieux: [his hands are being chained behind him before being tortured] It hurts!
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Rochefort: This d'Artagnan... he lodges with you, does he not? We will find Monsieur d'Artagnan a suitable lodging in the Bastille for the time being.
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Faq
Q
Why does the Duke of Buckingham claim to be the master of a great state? He's clearly not the King of England.
A
Georges Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, was also Prime Minister of England under Charles II, and therefore also in a good position to travel regularly to France and authorize military expeditions, as he does in the second half of the film.
Q
How many of the characters in this film were real people?
A
Despite being a work of fiction, quite a few. The four musketeers were all real: D'Artagnan is based on Charles de Batz de Castlemore, Comte d'Artagnan. Athos was Armand Sillegue d'Athos d'Auteville. Aramis was Henri d'Aramtiz, and Porthos was Isaac de Portau. Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Duke of Buckingham were all real characters, and the story of the diamonds is an actualy incident. Charles de Batz de Castlemore was actually too young to be involved, but d'Athos, Aramitz and Portau were all involved in helping the Queen recover her diamonds, while Lucy Hay (nee Percy), a lady in waiting of the Royal Court, was instrumental in giving Richelieu information about the Queen's love affair and the diamonds that were given away. Hay became the basis for the Countess de Winter. Constance and Monsieur Bonancieux do not appear in the historical record, and de Winter's past with Athos, and her vengeance against the Musketeers, are inventions of Dumas.
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