The Four Musketeers

Name: The Four Musketeers
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1974-10-31
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Faye Dunaway

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The Four Musketeers (1974)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Release date

1974-10-31

Country

Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Film Trust S.A., Alexander, Michael and Ilya Salkind Productions, Este Films, Twickenham Film Studios

Genre

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Budget

Revenue

$8 760 000

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Director

Richard Lester

Actors

Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Roy Kinnear
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Scenario

Producer

Ilya Salkind, Pierre Spengler, Alexander Salkind, Michael Salkind, Ilya Salkind

Operator

David Watkin

Composer

Lalo Schifrin

Artist

Brian Eatwell, Rafael Ablanque, José María Alarcón

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Editing

John Victor-Smith, Enrique Esteban
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Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

Cardinal Richelieu, played by Charlton Heston (1923-2008), tells d'Artagnan, portrayed by Michael York, that he personally has no enemies, only France does. This line does not appear in the novel or the original screenplay; Heston came across it while preparing for the role and asked director Richard Lester to find a place for it in the script.
The actors and actresses involved in the film sued producers Alexander Zalkind (1921-1997) and Ilya Zalkind, claiming that they deliberately presented the matter as if they were to play in a film that was part of Richard Lester’s “The Three Musketeers” (1973). They won the lawsuit, but received less than they would have earned individually for appearing in both films.