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Title THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Year 1973
Director Richard Lester
Film synopsis Completed
Film synopsis Este Films
Film Trust S.A.
Film synopsis The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonacieux and the passionate Milady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.
Film cast Oliver Reed     ....    Athos
Raquel Welch     ....    Constance de Bonancieux
Richard Chamberlain     ....    Aramis
Michael York     ....    D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay     ....    Porthos/The jeweller who makes the new diamond
Christopher Lee     ....    Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin     ....    Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel     ....    Louis XIII
Spike Milligan     ....    M. Bonancieux
Roy Kinnear     ....    Planchet
Georges Wilson     ....    Treville
Simon Ward     ....    Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway     ....    Milady de Winter
Charlton Heston     ....    Cardinal Richelie
Film credits Produced by
Pierre Spengler      ....  producer (executive in charge of production)  
Alexander Salkind     ....    producer
Ilya Salkind     ....    executive producer
Wolfdieter von Stein     ....    associate producer

Writing credits
Alexandre Dumas père        (novel Les trois mousquetaires)
George MacDonald Fraser        (screenplay)

Original Music by
Michel Legrand        

Cinematography by
David Watkin        (director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Victor-Smith        

Production Design by
Brian Eatwell        

Art Direction by
Leslie Dilley         (as Les Dilley)
Fernando Gonzalez        

Costume Design by
Yvonne Blake        
Ron Talsky        (Raquel Welch's costumes)

Film distribution and sales Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
Film background
Film awards and festivals BAFTA Awards 1975
•    Nominated, BAFTA Film Award
Best Costume Design
Yvonne Blake

•    Nominated, BAFTA Film Award
Best Art Direction
Brian Eatwell

•    Nominated, Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Michel Legrand

•    Nominated, BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Editing
John Victor-Smith

•    Nominated, BAFTA Film Award
Best Cinematography
David Watkin
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