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The Fifth Musketeer

  • 19791979
  • PGPG
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
761
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The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
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  • Romance
When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musk... Read allWhen French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
761
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  • Director
    • Ken Annakin
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later)
    • David Ambrose
    • George Bruce(earlier screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sylvia Kristel
    • Ursula Andress
    • Beau Bridges
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  • Director
    • Ken Annakin
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later)
    • David Ambrose
    • George Bruce(earlier screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sylvia Kristel
    • Ursula Andress
    • Beau Bridges
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    • 15User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
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    Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, José Ferrer, Alan Hale Jr., and Cornel Wilde in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
    Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
    Cornel Wilde in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
    Sylvia Kristel and Beau Bridges in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
    Ursula Andress and Beau Bridges in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
    Sylvia Kristel in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
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    Sylvia Kristel
    Sylvia Kristel
    • Maria Theresaas Maria Theresa
    Ursula Andress
    Ursula Andress
    • Louise de la Vallièreas Louise de la Vallière
    Beau Bridges
    Beau Bridges
    • King Louis XIVas King Louis XIV…
    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • D'Artagnanas D'Artagnan
    Ian McShane
    Ian McShane
    • Fouquetas Fouquet
    Alan Hale Jr.
    Alan Hale Jr.
    • Porthosas Porthos
    • (as Alan Hale)
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Aramisas Aramis
    José Ferrer
    José Ferrer
    • Athosas Athos
    • (as Jose Ferrer)
    Olivia de Havilland
    Olivia de Havilland
    • Queen Mother Anneas Queen Mother Anne
    • (as Olivia DeHavilland)
    Helmut Dantine
    Helmut Dantine
    • Spanish Ambassadoras Spanish Ambassador
    Rex Harrison
    Rex Harrison
    • Colbertas Colbert
    Román Ariznavarreta
      Bernard Bresslaw
      Bernard Bresslaw
      • Bernardas Bernard
      Stephan Bastian
      Victor Couzyn
        Karl Ferth
        Fritz von Friedl
          Christine Glasner
          • Director
            • Ken Annakin
          • Writers
            • Alexandre Dumas(novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later)
            • David Ambrose
            • George Bruce(earlier screenplay)
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          • Trivia
            Alan Hale, Jr. plays Porthos, the same musketeer played by his father Alan Hale in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), of which this movie is a direct remake, the earlier movie's screenplay is credited along with the Dumas novel as source material. Furthermore, in At Sword's Point (1952), a Hollywood-concocted sequel to Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers", Hale played the son of Porthos, while this movie's D'Artagnan, Cornel Wilde, had the role of D'Artagnan's son.
          • Quotes

            Louis XIV: [to Fouquet] Stop trying to look innocent. You haven't got the face for it.

          • Crazy credits
            The longer version, titled Behind the Iron Mask, ends with a fadeout and no end credits at all. All of the film's credits are at the beginning.
          • Alternate versions
            The US release, running 1 hour and 44 minutes, was cut from an original version released overseas, running 1 hour and 56 minutes. Scenes excised from the US release:
            • An extended scene of Louise de la Valliere's striptease for Louis XIV, exposing her full nudity.
            • A scene of the Four Musketeers in their prison cell. They play a game of dice, tricking their jailers by inviting them into their game, then restraining them and grabbing their keys for release. Their escape is short-lived, as they see a party of rifle-aiming guards awaiting them. The Captain flatters their ingenuity, but urges them to return to their cell.
            • An intro to the Musketeers and Philippe in the wine cellar of Bernard's Inn. They come out of hiding in empty wine casks.
            • An extended scene of the Spanish Ambassador being fatally assaulted by the horse in the stable.
            • A love scene of Philippe and Marie Theresa in bed together.
            • A dressed Philippe seeing Marie Theresa sleeping in bed. She awakes.
            • An extended scene of Marie Theresa dressing, exposing her breasts.
            • A love scene of Louis and Louise in bed together. The exposed Louise questions Louis' decision to let Philippe live. Louis argues that he is his brother, but assures her that he will eventually die in the Iron Mask, perhaps strangling in the long beard he will grow inside it.
            • An extended scene to Fouquet watching Colbert and Marie Theresa's Spanish-language conversion. He brings out a spy.
            • An extended scene of Colbert heading to Bernard's Inn. Fouquet's spy follows Colbert. Bernard plays dumb to the spy's questions.
            • An extended scene of Louis trying to rape Marie Theresa. The two fall off the bed with Marie Theresa moving away from his grasp (to drug Louis' goblet)
            • An extended scene of Louise being stood up in her dinner date with Louis. She shouts at the musicians to stop.
            • An extended scene of the Musketeers meeting with Marie Theresa. D'Artagnan throws his cloak around the breast-exposed princess.
            • Fouquet shows Colbert the rack, demonstrating its work by pulling a stuffed dummy apart.
            • An extended scene of Aramis' death. He is able to throw his Parrying Dagger at his assailant, killing him.
            • An extended scene of Philippe's duel with Louis. Philippe is able to wound Louis in the thigh.
          • Connections
            Featured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Napoleonic Wars (1987)

          User reviews15

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          Top review
          4/10
          Dumas' tale of twin brothers strikes out this time...
          It's strange that THE FIFTH MUSKETEER leaves me with the impression that it's hardly worth watching despite a stellar cast and some gorgeous Austrian scenery. BEAU BRIDGES (in a dual role as a commoner and Louis XIV) does a competent but bland job in the film's major role, while assorted guest stars fill the supporting cast with some name value. One of the guest stars is OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND who might just as well have phoned in her role. She has about three minutes of screen time, at the most.

          None of the main roles are really fleshed out and the plot is a muddled mess. JOSE FERRER, CORNEL WILDE, ALAN HALE, JR. and LLOYD BRIDGES are competent enough as the four musketeers while REX HARRISON and HELMUT DANTINE merely add some name recognition to the cast, as does de Havilland in her tiny role as Queen Anne (about whom little is explained).

          It's a retread of familiar material done much better in the past, territory that would be revisited in the future with even more dash and vigor. A sleep inducing film that probably only gets male attention because URSULA ANDRESS and SYLVIA KRISTEL provide some feminine pulchritude in provocative period costumes.

          The most unforgivable aspect are the fight scenes of the swashbuckling kind but badly choreographed duels, unlike the sort of thing done so splendidly in the Flynn epics. The blades flash without much flourish.

          Summing up: Totally uninspired piece of work notable only for some lavish costumes and good location photography in Austria.
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          • Release date
            • November 8, 1979 (Argentina)
          • Countries of origin
            • Austria
            • West Germany
          • Official site
            • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
          • Language
            • English
          • Also known as
            • The 5th Musketeer
          • Filming locations
            • Burg Liechtenstein, Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
          • Production companies
            • S&T-Film Berlin
            • Sascha Filmverleih
            • Ted Richmond Productions
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          • Budget
            • $7,000,000 (estimated)
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 44 minutes

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