The Three Musketeers is a 1973 British Spanish Panamanian American action adventure movie directed by Richard Lester and was based on the 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Roy Kinnear and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was followed by the 1974 movie "The Four Musketeers.