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ActionAdventureComedyDrama

The Four Musketeers

- What could be better than The Three Musketeers?

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

Release Date : 1974-10-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Film Trust S.A.Este FilmsAlexander, Michael and Ilya Salkind Productions20th Century Fox

Production Country : SpainUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge

Cast

Michael York

Character Name : D'Artagnan

Original Name : Michael York

Gender : Male

Oliver Reed

Character Name : Athos

Original Name : Oliver Reed

Gender : Male

Richard Chamberlain

Character Name : Aramis

Original Name : Richard Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Frank Finlay

Character Name : Porthos

Original Name : Frank Finlay

Gender : Male

Faye Dunaway

Character Name : Milady de Winter

Original Name : Faye Dunaway

Gender : Female

Christopher Lee

Character Name : Rochefort

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Raquel Welch

Character Name : Constance de Bonancieux

Original Name : Raquel Welch

Gender : Female

Geraldine Chaplin

Character Name : Queen Anne of Austria

Original Name : Geraldine Chaplin

Gender : Female

Charlton Heston

Character Name : Cardinal Richelieu

Original Name : Charlton Heston

Gender : Male

Roy Kinnear

Character Name : Planchet

Original Name : Roy Kinnear

Gender : Male

Simon Ward

Character Name : Duke of Buckingham

Original Name : Simon Ward

Gender : Male

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Character Name : Louis XIII

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Cassel

Gender : Male

Michael Gothard

Character Name : Felton

Original Name : Michael Gothard

Gender : Male

Nicole Calfan

Character Name : Maid Kitty

Original Name : Nicole Calfan

Gender : Female

Ángel del Pozo

Character Name : Jussac

Original Name : Ángel del Pozo

Gender : Male

Eduardo Fajardo

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Eduardo Fajardo

Gender : Male

Sybil Danning

Character Name : Eugenie

Original Name : Sybil Danning

Gender : Female

Gitty Djamal

Character Name : Beatrice

Original Name : Gitty Djamal

Gender : Female

Jack Watson

Character Name : Busigny

Original Name : Jack Watson

Gender : Male

Richard Adams

Character Name : Tortured Thug

Original Name : Richard Adams

Gender : Male

Bob Todd

Character Name : Firing Squad Officer

Original Name : Bob Todd

Gender : Male

Tom Buchanan

Character Name : Firing Squad Sergeant

Original Name : Tom Buchanan

Gender : Male

Norman Chappell

Character Name : Submarine Inventor

Original Name : Norman Chappell

Gender : Male

Leon Greene

Character Name : Swiss Officer

Original Name : Leon Greene

Gender : Male

Lucy Tiller

Character Name : Mother Superior

Original Name : Lucy Tiller

Gender : Male

Tyrone Cassidy

Character Name : English Officer

Original Name : Tyrone Cassidy

Gender : Male

Oliver MacGreevy

Character Name : Headsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Oliver MacGreevy

Gender : Male

Joss Ackland

Character Name : D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Joss Ackland

Gender : Male

Gretchen Franklin

Character Name : D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Gretchen Franklin

Gender : Female

Richard Briers

Character Name : Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Briers

Gender : Male

John Bluthal

Character Name : English Officer/Innkeeper and other roles (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : John Bluthal

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-12-26

Whilst it's not quite as good as last year's effort, Richard Lester has managed to reassemble the cast for another romp through Alexandre Dumas' stories of derring-do at the court of King Louis XIII (Jean-Pierre Cassel). Now following his near miss last time, Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston) has become even more fixated on exposing the Queen (Geraldine Chaplin) and her British lover Buckingham (Simon Ward) and so has commissioned "Rochefort" (Christopher Lee) and the menacing "Lady De Winter" (Faye Dunaway) to get the secrets from dressmaker "Constance" (Raquel Welch). Meantime, the loved-up "D'Artagnan" - the particularly scrawny Michael York - is also on her trail, aided by his three colleagues "Porthos" (Frank Finlay), "Aramis" (Richard Chamberlain) and "Athos" (Oliver Reed) and adventures ensue as they have to thwart the evil Cardinal's machinations and save poor "Constance" from the malevolent "Milady". It's colourful and action packed, with more from the others - especially the clearly in his element Reed who must have been swilling real vin rouge. Roy Kinnear rolls his eyes in disbelief with comic aplomb and we have quite a fun game of cricket that's far more explosive than any I've ever seen at Lords! Dunaway is great as the manipulatrix and Welch likewise as the naive young seamstress only just fitting into one of her own frocks. Heston features a little too sparingly to make much of an impact, but Christopher Lee delivers well too - his firing squad "perhaps I'll die of old age" did make me smile - as this enjoyable costume drama heads to it's rather fitting, but slightly disappointing, denouement. These are a good pair of films for fans of action comedies, and still bear watching fifty years later.