Synopsis
The Four Musketeers (1974) is the swashbuckling sequel by director Richard Lester that you can watch online on iFILM. D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis — again played by Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay — are back to defend the queen against Cardinal Richelieu and the ruthless Milady de Winter.
Faye Dunaway is icily lethal as Milady, Christopher Lee provides menace as the Count de Rochefort, and Charlton Heston returns as Richelieu. The film was shot back-to-back with The Three Musketeers: Lester split one enormous production into two features after the fact, a decision that infuriated the cast who had signed on for a single film — and one piece of behind-the-scenes drama that has followed the movie ever since.
The duels here hit harder and the ending is darker than anyone watching a sword-and-cape comedy might expect. That tonal shift is precisely what makes it hold up fifty years on. Stream The Four Musketeers (1974) online on iFILM.
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