The Four Musketeers (1975)

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This comic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas's classic adventure saga picks up where 1974's The Three Musketeers left off, as D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (Faye Dunaway) to remove Queen… More This comic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas's classic adventure saga picks up where 1974's The Three Musketeers left off, as D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (Faye Dunaway) to remove Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin) from the seat of power. De Winter is determined to get revenge against the Musketeers, and when she learns that D'Artagnan is infatuated with the lovely Constance (Raquel Welch), she first tries to foil their romance by seducing D'Artagnan herself, and then by persuading Rochefort (Christopher Lee) to kidnap Constance. She then engineers the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham (Simon Ward), a close friend of D'Artagnan; when word of the Duke's death and Constance's imprisonment reaches D'Artagnan and his comrades, the foursome ride off to rescue the fair lady and see that justice is done against de Winter. The Four Musketeers was filmed concurrently with The Three Musketeers; it was originally intended to be one film, but when director Richard Lester realized the movie would be over three and a half hours long, the decision was made to release it as two separate features instead. This led to lawsuits filed by several of the stars, claiming that they were hired under false pretenses and entitled to be paid for making two films rather than one. The actors won their case, but their settlement was significantly less than the salary they hoped to receive. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By: Richard Lester
Written By: George MacDonald Fraser
Genres: Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy

In Theaters: Feb 26, 1975 Wide
On DVD: Feb 13, 2001
Studio: Live Home Video

Critic Reviews

Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
... one of the most harrowing and beautiful climaxes I've witnessed in films.
Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
Bawdy '70s swashbuckler sequel is slightly more serious.
Gregory Weinkauf, ÜberCiné
If only these sequels could have kept going...
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Smoothly entertaining take on the beloved old classic.
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Grand follow-up is almost as fun as the first
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
The Four Musketeers is far more subversive and contains more pointed social satire than its predecessor.

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Tim S

I couldn't imagine the first film of these back-to-back classics being topped. I'm happy to be wrong. I actually like this one better than the first and I'm not quite sure why. Maybe because it's darker, or maybe because there's more action than the first.… More
I couldn't imagine the first film of these back-to-back classics being topped. I'm happy to be wrong. I actually like this one better than the first and I'm not quite sure why. Maybe because it's darker, or maybe because there's more action than the first. I'm not exactly sure, but I know that I fell in love with it upon seeing it. I'll be watching this one again for years to come!
Stella D

first off, this is by no means a sequel to the three musketeers but rather the second half of what was intended to be a 3 1/2 hour roadshow film with intermission. it wasn't meant as a stand alone film and it seems a little unfair to judge it as such. seeing the first half… More
first off, this is by no means a sequel to the three musketeers but rather the second half of what was intended to be a 3 1/2 hour roadshow film with intermission. it wasn't meant as a stand alone film and it seems a little unfair to judge it as such. seeing the first half without seeing this is just like reading half of the novel, which it follows closely. this half is quite a bit darker and mostly concerned with the machinations of milady dewinter, a marvelously evil performance by faye dunaway, who will stop at nothing to have her revenge on d'artagnan and the musketeers. for this it has earned a spot in my femme fatale list :D
AJ V

This is a sequel to the Three Musketeers from the previous year, and it features most of the original cast, and is directed by the same man, but it's really not as funny or exciting as the first, I was disappointed.
Phil H

More of the same with this film...but it never gets boring, it just gets better and more interesting. The cast really is a classic lineup of Hollywood stars which just adds a unique one off experience not ever matched.
xGary X

Excellent sequel to the slapstick original with an all star cast and much darker tone than the original. If you like Oliver Reed in Gladiator, you'll love him in this.
Marion R

This was fairly boring. Wasn't as good as the first.