The Return of the Musketeers
Directed by Richard LesterWriters: George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay), Alexandre Dumas (book "Twenty Years After")
1989
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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
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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.