The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge

Original title: The Four Musketeers

1974
PG
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

12K

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Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Michael York, and Frank Finlay in The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)

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

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

Director
- Richard Lester
Writers
- George MacDonald Fraser
- Alexandre Dumas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

12K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Richard Lester
Writers
- George MacDonald Fraser
- Alexandre Dumas
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Trivia
Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston) says to d'Artagnan (Michael York) that he has no personal enemies, only enemies of France. This line is in neither the original novel nor the script. Charlton Heston came across this quote of the Cardinal's when researching the role, and asked director Richard Lester to find a place to include it in this movie.

Goofs
The English troops being reviewed by Buckingham are carrying Union Flags. Although that flag did exist at this date, it was not used by the Army until the Act of Union (which brought England and Scotland together as one State) roughly seventy years later - they should still have been carrying flags bearing only the Cross of St George.

Quotes
Porthos: You know, it strikes me that we would be better employed wringing Milady's pretty neck than shooting these poor devils of Protestants. I mean, what are we killing them for? Because they sing psalms in French and we sing them in Latin?
Aramis: Porthos, have you no education? What do you think religious wars are all about?

Alternate versions
There exists at least two versions of the ending to this film. The rather curious difference is that in one the narration is spoken by Richard Chamberlain, in the other it is done by Frank Finlay!

Connections
Edited from The Three Musketeers (1973)

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Featured review

9/10

NOT a Sequel! A 2nd Half to a Long Movie

FINALLY...a DVD release called 'The Complete Musketeers' that does justice to a proper transfer, in widescreen and looking better than when I saw it in the theater.

Watching 'The Three Musketeers' without seeing the 'The Four...' is like reading the Alexander Dumas novel; and stopping halfway through. It's a shame that it wasn't released as a roadshow 3 and a half hour film because that was the way it was originally meant to be experienced.

Phenomenal DVD package that contains both films...just the way it should be. And some very informative documentaries with the surviving cast.

9 out of 10! (Same as my rating for 'Three Musketeers')