Actors: Michael York,
Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geraldine
Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward, Raquel
Welch, Spike Milligan, Roy Kinnear
Rating: 9 out of 10, One
of my favorite movies from the 1970’s and by far the very best (along with the
so called sequel – the Four Musketeers) movie version ever made of the Dumas
classic. Some of the action scenes haven’t
aged as well as the rest of the movie but that’s probably because we’ve been so
spoiled by CGI. I had forgotten what
immense screen presence a young Oliver Reed had – he just leaps off the screen. I always wondered why he didn’t do more. There was the well-remembered headlong mix of
action, comedy and drama delivered by the supremely talented cast. This film also marked the first time Raquel
Welch was more than just a pretty face (amongst other features of her anatomy)
as she was an able comedic, slapstick actress while still being just drop dead gorgeous. A great romp down memory lane.
MVP: Oliver Reed as
Athos dominates the screen
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