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"The Three Musketeers" (1966) (mini)TV mini-series

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (19 votes)

Overview

Director:
Peter Hammond
Writers:
Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
Anthony Steven (adaptation)
Release Date:
13 November 1966 (UK) more
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A rare, faithful adaptation of Dumas's original novel more

Cast

 (Series Credited cast)
Michael Bilton ... Mr. Jackson
Brian Blessed ... Porthos
Edward Brayshaw ... Rochefort
Sebastian Breaks ... Comte de Wardes
Kathleen Breck ... Madame Constance Bonacieux
Jeremy Brett ... D'Artagnan
Sydney Bromley ... Attorney
John Carlin ... King Louis XIII
Pauline Collins ... Kitty
Delia Corrie ... Mme. Coquenard

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Commissary
Clive Graham ... Musketeer
Michael Hall ... Harbour Master
Billy Hamon ... Planchet
Tony Handy ... Bazin
Christopher Hodge ... Innkeeper
Patrick Holt ... Lord de Winter
Godfrey James ... Mousqueton
Milton Johns ... Grimaud
Alf Joint ... M. de Jussac
Kaplan Kaye ... Lubin
John Kelland ... Felton
Michael Miller ... Treville
Myrtle Moss ... Abbess
Declan Mulholland ... Harbour Master
Simon Oates ... Duke of Buckingham
Richard Pasco ... Cardinal Richelieu
Mary Peach ... Milady de Winter
Kim Peacock ... Port Governor
Carole Potter ... Anne of Austria
Roy Purcell ... D'Artagnan the Elder
Steven Scott ... Innkeeper
Kevin Stoney ... Headsman from Lille
Gary Watson ... Aramis
Ralph Watson ... Cardinal's Officer
Paul Whitsun-Jones ... M. Bonacieux
Ian Wilson ... Tailor
Betty Woolfe ... Madame D'Artagnan
Jeremy Young ... Athos
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Additional Details

Runtime:
25 min (10 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
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Version of Boia di Lilla, Il (1952) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A rare, faithful adaptation of Dumas's original novel, 17 September 2006
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Author: the-cullens from United Kingdom

A nice change to see a series which keeps to the book, preserving the dark and sombre tone of the overall story as well as the comedy of the opening chapters. Given that this is a BBC series dating from the mid-sixties the quality (B & W) is surprisingly good, certainly comparable to the early Dr Who's, though the camera clearly had difficulty with the lighting in some of the outside scenes (and this is very early in the history of British TV drama to have any scenes at all shot in the open air). The fight scenes seem pedestrian until one realises that there are no special effects and the actors are performing all the action in person (no stunt men) and live (no cutting and editing; each scene had to be shot as a whole, as if on a theatre stage). D'Artagnan is fiery and emotional, 'the typical Gascon' that Dumas describes; the three musketeers themselves are exactly as I have always imagined them to be - the ascetic Aramis, the extrovert Porthos (a very young Brian Blessed) and the immensely tragic Athos; Milady is evil incarnate; and Richelieu is power-hungry, manipulative and supremely ambivalent. If you want a faithful adaptation with excellent acting and the focus on the characters then this is the one for you; if you're more interested in good visuals and special effects, CGI and Errol Flynn-type fight scenes, give it a miss.

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