In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Direction
Lester's kinetic staging turns sword fights into slapstick ballet
Acting
Oliver Reed's Athos—drunk, doomed, magnificent
Costume
Yvonne Blake's designs: historically adjacent, fabulously extra
Director
Richard Lester
Michael York
D'Artagnan
Oliver Reed
Athos
Richard Chamberlain
Aramis
Frank Finlay
Porthos / O'Reilly
Faye Dunaway
Lady de Winter
Raquel Welch
Constance de Bonancieux
Christopher Lee
Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin
Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Louis XIII
Spike Milligan
M. Bonancieux
Charlton Heston
Cardinal Richelieu
Simon Ward
Duke of Buckingham
Georges Wilson
Treville
Roy Kinnear
Planchet
Joss Ackland
D’Artagnan’s Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Salkinds produced this and Superman back-to-back, explaining the similar chaotic energy and stunt-heavy approach.
This film killed the serious Dumas adaptation for decades—everyone wanted Lester's tone, not Lean's.
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