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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

The Three Musketeers is a romance by Alexandre Dumas in collaboration with Auguste Maquet. The story was first published in 1844, and is based upon the Memoires d'Artagnan by Courtels de Sandras, and is a 17th century court story centring around the witty and resourceful figure of D'Artagnan, who with his three friends the musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, engages in stupendous adventures. The Three Musketeers has a sequel in 'Le Vicomte de Bragelonne'.
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Alexandre Dumas was a French novelist and dramatist. He was born in 1803 at born at Villers-Cotterets and died in 1870. He was the son of a republican general, and grandson of Marquis de la Pailleterie and a negress, Tiennette Dumas. In 1823 he went to Paris, and obtained an assistant-secretaryship from the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis Philippe. He soon began to write for the stage, and in 1829 scored his first success with his drama Henry III. It was produced when the battle between the Romanticists and the Classicists was at its height, and hailed as a triumph by the former school. The same year appeared his Christine, and in quick succession Antony, Richard d'Arlington, Teresa, Le Tour de Nesle, Catharine Howard, Mile. de Belle-Isle, etc. Dumas had now become a noted Parisian character.

The critics fought over the merits of his pieces, and the scandalmongers over his prodigality and galanteries. Turning his attention to romance, he produced a series of historical romances, among which may be mentioned, Les Deux Dianes;
La Reine Margot; Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers), with its continuations Vingt Ans Apres, and Vicomte de Bragelonne. His Monte-Cristo (Count of Monte-Cristo) and several others are also well known to English readers through translations. Several historical works were also written by him: Louis XIV et son Siecle; Le Regent et Louis XV; Le Drame de '93; Florence et les Medicis, etc. The works which bear his name amount to some 1200 volumes, including about 60 dramas; but the only claim he could lay to a great number of the productions issued under his name, was that he either sketched the plot or revised them before going to press. He earned vast sums of money, but his recklessness and extravagance latterly reduced him to the adoption of a shifty, scheming mode of living. His Memoires, begun in 1852, present interesting sketches of literary life during the restoration, but display intense egotism. In 1860 he accompanied Garibaldi in the expedition which freed Naples from the Bourbons.
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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

The Count of Monte Cristo is a swashbuckling period adventure starring Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain and Dagmara Dominczyk in a story based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit and subsequently imprisoned, by a friend after they both fall for the same woman. The Count of Monte Cristo was directed by Kevin Reynolds in 2001.
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THE FOUR MUSKETEERS

The Four Musketeers is a swashbuckling adventure starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Faye Dunaway and Roy Kinnear in a story based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas about French Musketeers defending the French queen from the evil Cardinal Richelieu and his associates. The Four Musketeers was directed by Richard Lester in 1974.
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THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK

The Man In The Iron Mask is an adventure starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William in a story based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas about 17th century France, in which D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are called to free Philippe, the legitimate king of France, from the iron mask and free France from the tyrannical rule of his twin brother, Louis XIV. The Man In The Iron Mask was directed by James Whale in 1939.
The Man In The Iron Mask is an adventure starring Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis-Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Ian Holm and Ralph Richardson in a story based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas about 17th century France, in which D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are called to free Philippe, the legitimate king of France, from the iron mask and free France from the tyrannical rule of his twin brother, Louis XIV. The Man In The Iron Mask was directed by Mike Newell in 1977.
The Man In The Iron Mask is an adventure starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne and Judith Godreche in a story based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas about 17th century France, in which D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are called to free Philippe, the legitimate king of France, from the iron mask and free France from the tyrannical rule of his twin brother, Louis XIV. The Man In The Iron Mask was directed by Randall Wallace in 1997.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

The Three Musketeers is an adventure based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Lana Turner and Gene Kelly in a story about the French King's musketeers during the 17th century. The Three Musketeers was directed by George Sidney in 1948.

The Three Musketeers is a comedy adventure based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Micjhael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay and Charlton Heston in a story about the French King's musketeers during the 17th century. The Three Musketeers was directed by Richard Lester in 1973.

The Three Musketeers is an adventure based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell and Oliver Platt in a story about the French King's musketeers during the 17th century.
The Three Musketeers was directed by Stephen Herek in 1993.
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