The Return of the Musketeers

Directed by Richard Lester
Writers: George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay), Alexandre Dumas (book "Twenty Years After")
1989



  • Michael York . . . . . . . . . D'Artagnan
    Oliver Reed . . . . . . . . . Athos
    Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . . Porthos
    C. Thomas Howell . . . . . . . . . Raoul
    Kim Cattrall . . . . . . . . . Justine de Winter
    Geraldine Chaplin . . . . . . . . . Queen Anne
    Roy Kinnear . . . . . . . . . Planchet
    Christopher Lee . . . . . . . . . Rochefort
    Philippe Noiret . . . . . . . . . Cardinal Mazarin
    Richard Chamberlain . . . . . . . . . Aramis
    Eusebio Lazaro . . . . . . . . . Duke of Beaufort (as Eusebio Lazaro)
    Alan Howard . . . . . . . . . Oliver Cromwell
    David Birkin . . . . . . . . . Louis XIV
    Bill Paterson . . . . . . . . . Charles I
    Jean-Pierre Cassel . . . . . . . . . Cyrano de Bergerac (as Jean Pierre Cassel)
    Billy Connolly . . . . . . . . . Caddie
    Servane Ducorps . . . . . . . . . Olympe
    William J. Fletcher . . . . . . . . . De Guiche
    Laure Sabardin . . . . . . . . . Chevreuse
    Marcelline Collard . . . . . . . . . Lamballe
    Pat Roach . . . . . . . . . French Executioner
    Jesus Ruyman . . . . . . . . . Headsman
    Fernando De Juan . . . . . . . . . Ireton
    Barry Burgues . . . . . . . . . Young Clerk
    Leon Greene . . . . . . . . . Captain Groslow
    Agata Lys . . . . . . . . . Duchesse de Longueville
    Bob Todd . . . . . . . . . High Bailiff
    Lucy Hardwick . . . . . . . . . Lady-in-Waiting
    Aldo Sambrell . . . . . . . . . Burly Demonstrator
    Jack Taylor . . . . . . . . . Gentleman on Horseback
    Ricardo Palacios . . . . . . . . . Big Lackey
    Luciano Federico . . . . . . . . . Tall Lackey
    Carmen Fernandez . . . . . . . . . Commedia player
    Rafael de la Cruz . . . . . . . . . Commedia player
    German Estebas . . . . . . . . . Commedia player
    Jesus Garcia . . . . . . . . . Commedia player
    Fernando Simon . . . . . . . . . Commedia player

  • The Return of the Musketeers is loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After (1845) by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester, following 1973's The Three Musketeers and 1974's The Four Musketeers. Like the other two films, the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser. The character of Mordaunt, Milady de Winter's son in the original novel, is replaced by Milady's daughter, called Justine de Winter.

    Several cast members from the first two reprised their roles in this one. Jean-Pierre Cassel, who played Louis XIII in the original films, has a cameo appearance as Cyrano de Bergerac.

    While filming in September 1988, Roy Kinnear died following an on-camera accident in which he fell off a horse. Roy was an exceptional actor and a lovely man - he is much missed.