The Fifth Musketeer Movie Review 1979

A campy adaptation of Dumas's "The Man in the Iron Mask," wherein a monarch's evil twin impersonates him while imprisoning the true king. A good cast and rich production shot in Austria make for a fairly entertaining swashbuckler.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Royalty, French, Swashbucklers, Twins

Screenplay

David Ambrose

Cast

Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Alan Hale, Helmut Dantine, Olivia de Havilland, Jose Ferrer, Rex Harrison

Cinematography

Jack Cardiff

Director

Ken Annakin