The Four Musketeers
1974 film directed by Richard Lester
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Summary
The Four Musketeers is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,552 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Richard Lester[3]
- Screenwriter: George MacDonald Fraser[4]
- Composer: Lalo Schifrin[5]
- Genre: adventure film[6], swashbuckler film[7], action film[8], comedy film[9], romance film[10]
- Based on: The Three Musketeers[11]
- Cast member: Oliver Reed[12], Raquel Welch[13], Richard Chamberlain[14], Michael York[15], Frank Finlay[16], Christopher Lee[17], Geraldine Chaplin[18], Faye Dunaway[19], Michael Gothard[20], Simon Ward[21], Jean-Pierre Cassel[22], Charlton Heston[23], Richard Adams[24], Roy Kinnear[25]
- Producer: Alexander Salkind[26], Pierre Spengler[27], Ilya Salkind[28]
- Part of the series: The Musketeers film trilogy[29]
- Director of photography: David Watkin[30]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
- Distribution format: video on demand[32]
- Review score: 7.1/10[33], 77%[34]
- Color: color[35]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[36], United States[37], Spain[38], Panama[39], Australia[40]
- Publication date: October 31, 1974[41], February 26, 1975[42], March 25, 1975[43]
- Characters: D'Artagnan[44], Athos[45], Porthos[46], Aramis[47], Louis XIII of France[48], Anne of Austria[49], Cardinal Richelieu[50], Milady de Winter[51], Comte de Rochefort[52], Constance Bonacieux[53], Planchet[54], John Felton[55], Ketty[56], George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham[57]
- Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[58]
Why It Matters
The Four Musketeers has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]