The Return of the Musketeers [Blu-ray]

Director: Richard Lester Richard Lester

Overview

Richard Lester returned to his double-barreled successes of the 1970s, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, with Return of the Musketeers, a film that was inexplicably shelved for several years, making its belated premiere on cable television. Based on Alexandre Dumas's novel Twenty Years Later, the film takes place (appropriately enough) two decades after the death of Milady de Winter. Though Milady may have died, her nefarious schemes have been taken up by her daughter Justine (Kim Cattrall), who maneuvers with the conspiring Cardinal Mazarin (Philippe Noiret) to gain control of the crown through Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin). D'Artagnan (Michael York) calls for his old compatriots Porthos (Frank Finlay), Athos (Oliver Reed), and Aramis (Richard Chamberlain) to once again go "one for all and all for one." But complications set in when Athos and Aramis take sides with the crown and Athos' adopted son Raoul (C. Thomas Howell) falls in love in Justine. The film is dedicated to character actor Roy Kinnear who plays Planchet, who died in an equestrian accident during the production.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/08/2020
UPC:	0738329240233
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	19,519

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Peter Tonguette; Image Gallery; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael York	D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay	Porthos
Oliver Reed	Athos
Richard Chamberlain	Aramis
C. Thomas Howell	Raoul
Kim Cattrall	Justine de Winter
Geraldine Chaplin	Anne of Austria
Roy Kinnear	Planchet
Christopher Lee	Comte de Rochefort
Philippe Noiret	Cardinal Mazarini
Eusebio Lázaro	Duke of Beaufort
Alan Howard	Oliver Cromwell
David Birkin	King Louis XIV
Bill Paterson	King Charles I
Jean-Pierre Cassel	Cyrano de Bergerac
Billy Connolly	Caddie
Pat Roach	French Executioner
Leon Greene	Captain Groslow
Ágata Lys	Duchesse de Longueville
Bob Todd	High Bailiff
Aldo Sambrell	Burly Demonstrator
Jack Taylor	Gentleman on Horseback
Ricardo Palacios	Big Lackey
Luciano Federico	Tall Lackey
Faye Dunaway	Actor
Raquel Welch	Actor
Jean-Claude Petit	Composer

Technical Credits

George Fraser

Richard Lester	Director
Pierre Spengler	Producer
George Fraser	Screenwriter
Michelle de Broca	Producer
Mario Sotela	Executive Producer
Reyes Abades	Special Effects