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The Three Musketeers

1973
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6.7/10

Release Date

11/12/1973

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
90%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
71%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
77%

. . . One for all and all for fun!

D'Artagnan, a young man from the provinces, has learned to handle a sword from his father and arrives in Paris determined to join the king's guard. The city shows no mercy to newcomers. Soon he receives an insult, a blow that knocks him unconscious, and the theft of his belongings at the hands of the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu. Shortly afterward, he crosses paths with three musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who challenge him to a duel over an accidental insult. The film is directed by Richard Lester and stars Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay and Richard Chamberlain.

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Facts about The Three Musketeers

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Spain releaseDecember 20, 1973
Worldwide premiereDecember 11, 1973
Runtime1 h 45 min
Original languageEnglish
Original titleThe Three Musketeers
CountriesSpain, United Kingdom, United States
Production companiesFilm Trust S.A., Alexander, Michael and Ilya Salkind Productions, Este Films
Budget$4.5M
Worldwide box office$22.0M
Return on investmentx4.9 Box office hit
Based onThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

More ratings

3.4/5Letterboxd70/100Trakt2.0/4Roger Ebert

Awards for The Three Musketeers

1total awards
0total nominations

Awards won

  • —National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

The Three Musketeers Cast

Faye Dunaway
Faye DunawayLady de Winter
Spike Milligan
Spike MilliganM. Bonancieux
Charlton Heston
Charlton HestonCardinal Richelieu
Simon Ward
Simon WardDuke of Buckingham
Georges Wilson
Georges WilsonTreville
Joss Ackland
Joss AcklandD’Artagnan’s Father
Michael Gothard
Michael GothardFelton
Nicole Calfan
Nicole CalfanKitty
Gitty Djamal
Gitty DjamalBeatrice
Ángel del Pozo
Ángel del PozoJussac
Rodney Bewes
Rodney BewesSpy
Gretchen Franklin
Gretchen FranklinD’Artagnan’s Mother
William Hobbs
William HobbsAssassin
Ben Aris
Ben Aris1st Musketeer
Francis de Wolff
Francis de WolffSea Captain
Frank Thornton
Frank ThorntonMan in Small Carriage (uncredited)
John Bluthal
John BluthalVarious Roles (voice)
Michael Hordern
Michael HordernTreville (voice)

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Cast of The Three Musketeers by the numbers

39average cast age in years
4years of age gap between the leads
24%women in the cast
22%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Geraldine Chaplin, age 29 at release. The oldest: Spike Milligan, at 55.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

United Kingdom 5United States 2France 1Austria 1Spain 1

Crew

  • AddressRichard Lester
  • WritingGeorge MacDonald Fraser
  • Original novelAlejandro Dumas
  • MusicMichel Legrand
  • PhotographyDavid Watkin
  • EditingJohn Victor-Smith
  • Production designBrian Eatwell
  • Costume designYvonne Blake
  • CastingMiriam Brickman
  • ProductionAlexander Salkind

Trivia about The Three Musketeers

The producers even considered casting The Beatles as the musketeers, an idea that was dropped along the way while Lester stayed on the project.
Charlton Heston finally accepted the role of Richelieu after Lester promised him that all of his scenes could be shot in ten days.
Raquel Welch left the project in August 1973 over creative and artistic differences, but ended up rejoining the film.
The film was shot in Spain over seventeen weeks, with locations in Segovia, Aranjuez, Toledo and Madrid.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)

Franchise Order Los mosqueteros - Colección

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What it's about The Three Musketeers

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What The Three Musketeers is called in other countries

It was released in 27 countries, each in its own language.

  • SpainLos tres mosqueteros. Los diamantes de la reina
  • FranceLes Trois Mousquetaires
  • GermanyDie drei Musketiere
  • ItalyI tre moschettieri
  • BrazilOs Três Mosqueteiros
  • PortugalOs Três Mosqueteiros - Os Diamantes da Rainha
  • Japan三銃士
  • South Korea삼총사
  • China豪情三剑客
  • RussiaТри мушкетёра
  • AustriaDie drei Musketiere
  • AzerbaijanÜç Muşketyor
See the remaining 15 countries
  • CanadaLes Trois Mousquetaires
  • CzechiaTři mušketýři
  • DenmarkDe tre musketerer
  • GreeceΟ Ντ'Αρτανιάν και οι 3 σωματοφύλακες
  • Hong Kong豪情三劍客
  • HungaryA három testőr - A királyné nyaklánca
  • Israelשלושת המוסקטרים
  • NetherlandsDe Drie Musketeers
  • PolandTrzej muszkieterowie
  • RomaniaCei trei mușchetari
  • SerbiaТри мускетара
  • SlovakiaTraja mušketieri
  • SwedenDe tre musketörerna
  • TurkeyÜç Silahşörler
  • UkraineТри мушкетери

Where it was filmed The Three Musketeers

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Quotes by The Three Musketeers

  • Forgive me, madam, but I must kill your friend.
  • You'll find, young man, the future looks rosier through the bottom of a glass.
  • Rochefort: [to d'Artagnan] If you were a gentleman, I would speak to you. I was speaking at you.
  • [after having been challenged to duels by Athos, Porthos and Aramis] If I'm going to be killed, at least it will be by a musketeer!
  • [Of Porthos' and Aramis' tennis-playing skills] I'd rather wager on a Huguenot for the Papacy than gamble on you two!
  • Buckingham: If anyone should try to follow us, would you be so good as to kill him? Thank you.

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)

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Soundtrack from The Three Musketeers

Original music by Michel Legrand

The Three Musketeers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
SoundtrackThe Three Musketeers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Paul Haslinger · 2011 · 23 songs

Songs

  1. 1
    Only Four Men
    2:14
  2. 2
    Special Delivery For The King
    2:29
  3. 3
    Buckingham's Departure
    1:22
  4. 4
    All For One
    1:47
  5. 5
    Do You Know Who I Am?
    2:03
  6. 6
    As Far Away As Possible
    1:38
  7. 7
    The King And Queen
    1:43
  8. 8
    Announcing Lady De Winter
    0:53
  9. 9
    Concealed Weapons Tango
    1:08
  10. 10
    Get Me One Of Those!
    2:31

Other editions and albums

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