This is a lot more slapstick-y than later versions. Don't ask me why I added it to my Netflix queue. I vaguely remember seeing it a long time ago and I think I was overcome with nostalgia. Not that it's a terrible movie. It's one of the most well-known stories in the world and, as long as you don't stray too far from the source material (ahem, 2011's Three Musketeers), you can't go wrong.
Young Gascon D'Artagnan (Michael York) goes to Paris to become one of the King's Musketeers. Almost immediately, he runs afoul of the Duc du Rochefort (Christopher Lee) and then manages to get called out by the King's most celebrated Musketeers: Athos (Oscar Reed), Porthos (Frank Finlay) and Aramis (Richard Chamberlain). However, the lad's winning charm prevails and the four band together to take on the personal guard of the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston). But life isn't all intrigue. D'Artagnan falls in love with clumsy Queen's maid, Constance (Raquel Welch) at first sight. Constance enlists his and his friends' help in recovering two diamond studs the Queen gave to her English paramour, Buckingham (Simon Ward) before the dull-witted King (Jean Pierre Cassel) finds out. To do so, D'Artagnan must best the venomous beauty Milady (Faye Dunaway).
This is an absolutely star-studded version of this story. It's nice to see everybody when they were young and glamorous, even if the women have uniformly horrible teeth. Even though Christopher Lee hasn't really changed all that much. I think he was actually born 6'5" and all he's done since is go gray.
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