---
title: 'The Three Musketeers (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Lester'
released: '1973-12-11'
runtime_minutes: 105
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Panama'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-three-musketeers-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Three Musketeers (1973)

1973 · PG · 105 min · Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance · Panama, United Kingdom, France, United States, Spain

Part of: The Musketeers film trilogy

## Synopsis

The Three Musketeers (also known as The Three Musketeers (The Queen's Diamonds)) is a 1973 swashbuckler film based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, and produced by Ilya Salkind. It stars Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, and Richard Chamberlain as the musketeers, with Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson and Spike Milligan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lester)
- **Screenplay:** [George MacDonald Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-macdonald-fraser)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Legrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-legrand)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Salkind](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-salkind), [Ilya Salkind](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-salkind), [Pierre Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-spengler)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)
- **Editor:** [John Victor Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-victor-smith)

## Cast

- [Michael Gothard](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gothard) as John Felton
- [Michael Hordern](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hordern) as Jean-Armand du Peyrer
- [Jean-Pierre Cassel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-cassel) as Louis XIII of France
- [Raquel Welch](https://cinepixo.com/people/raquel-welch) as Constance Bonacieux
- [Anna Gaylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-gaylor)
- [Roy Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-kinnear)
- [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay) as Porthos
- [Faye Dunaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/faye-dunaway) as Milady de Winter
- [Simon Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-ward) as George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston) as Cardinal Richelieu
- [Gitty Darugar](https://cinepixo.com/people/gitty-darugar)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee) as Comte de Rochefort
- [Rodney Bewes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodney-bewes)
- [Spike Milligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-milligan) as Bonacieux
- [Nicole Calfan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-calfan) as Ketty

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