Richard Lester
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 (United Kingdom)
Anglo-French-Spanish production with an impressive cast. Third part of the trilogy directed by Richard Lester with The Three Musketeers (1973) and On l’appelait Milady (1974).
In Paris in 1649, the Fronde is rumbling against Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of the regent Anne of Austria. Mazarin asks D’Artagnan to rally the three musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis to his cause. Porthos, now a widower, is delighted to be back on the adventure trail.
with Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Lee, Philippe Noiret, Jean-Pierre Cassel…
- Theatrical release: 25 August 1989 (19 April 1989 in France)
- Duration: 1h 02mn