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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 905437" data-attributes="member: 5328">G'dayFirst, let me endorse the recommendation of the Rank/Fox version of The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester. It came out in two parts The Three Musketeers in 1973 and The Four Musketeers in 1974, has an absolutely stunning cast, and is the only version to cover all the matter of the original book by Alexandre Dumas (pere). It is certainly streets ahead of the most recent version, which was a travesty. By the way, if you are going to read the book in translation, look for the version translated by William Barrow (I think it is published by Pan)--the translation in the Penguin Classics is disastrously lacking in lightness and charm. While you are in the area, I recommend the recent movie version of The Man in the Iron Mask (Gabriel Byrne, Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovitch make a great D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers). But avoid reading the book, which is cynical and depressing.Then, let me recommend the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro, with Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone. A top swashbuckler.And while we are in that vein, let's not miss The Scarlet Pimpernel (either the 1938 version with Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon or the 1982 TV version with Anthony Andrewes and Jane Seymour).Regards,Ag "buckle my swash!" Back</blockquote>