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Release Date:
29 March 1974 (USA) moreTagline:
. . . One for All and All for Fun!Plot:
A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Quintessential Lester. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Oliver Reed | ... | Athos | |
| Raquel Welch | ... | Constance de Bonancieux | |
| 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 | ... | Lady de Winter | |
| Charlton Heston | ... | Cardinal Richelieu | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | D'Artagnan's Father |
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Also Known As:
The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds (USA)Trois mousquetaires, Les (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Üç silahsorlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
A Három testör (Hungary) [hu]
Drei Musketiere, Die (West Germany) [de]
Kolme muskettisoturia (Finland) [fi]
Muskettisoturien seikkailut (Finland) [fi]
Tre moschettieri, I (Italy) [it]
Tre musketörerna, De (Sweden) [sv]
Tres mosqueteros, Los (Spain) [es]
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105 minLanguage:
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1.78 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Netherlands:12 | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1975) | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Shot at the same time as The Four Musketeers (1974), and resulted in a lawsuit. See The Four Musketeers (1974). moreGoofs:
Factual errors: When M. Bonancieux is using his periscope in the palace gardens, his view is shown as being upside-down. In fact a periscope does not invert the image. moreQuotes:
Captain of Cardinal's Guard: We have a duty to suppress disorder and arrest brawlers. Put up your swords and come along with us.Athos: Impossible.
Porthos: Unthinkable.
Aramis: Unlikely.
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Richard Lester has to be one of the greatest directors of comedy there ever was. There are dozens of slapstick gags and situations in this movie and almost 100% of them work. And what an opulent setting they are placed in! Lester and his cohorts have created a film in which almost every frame resembles a museum painting come to life (and gone berserk.)
Lester is better with style than relating a narrative. I found it impossible to completely comprehend the story line here, and I think if you asked most people what the movie was about, they'd tell you there was a lot of swashbuckling and general mayhem and lunacy, but I doubt they'd give you much of Dumas' story. When the style is this good, however, a little fuzziness on the substance is not a fatal flaw. Still, it might keep this picture from being an all-time classic rather than "just" a most enjoyable film.
Lester is such an auteur that his direction is the main focus of this film even with such an all-star cast. It was a wise decision (actually it seems like a no-brainer) to divide what was originally shot at one time into two films, this one and 'The Four Musketeers.' There really can be too much of a good thing, and even at under two hours, 'The Three Musketeers' threatens to be overwhelming. But on balance this film is great entertainment.