![]() It's an excellent rendition from the immortal novel with quite budget, though is made for television. But D'Artagnan (Louis Jourdan) and the Prime Minister named Colbert (Ralph Richardson) scheme a plan to free Phillippe clashing against a malicious Fouquet (Patrick McGooham), the Louis XIV's favorite. Later on, Phillippe is jailed in an island and hidden his identity wearing an iron mask but his existence threatens the reigning. Both of whom are sons of the Queen mother, Anna of Austria (Brenda Bruce). The scene between Richard Chamberlain and McGoohan in the coach was superb and only topped by the sequence of Chamberlain being fitted with his mask as McGoohan regards him like a cat does, its victimised mouse.This is an epic retelling about the durable Alexandre Dumas's novel and is set in 17th century French court where appears two twins brothers (Richard Chamberlain playing a double role), separated at birth, one nasty become in Louis XIV of France married to Mª Teresa of Spain (Vivien Merchant) and the other Phillippe who is unjustly imprisoned in the Bastilla. For me, the first half of the production was by far superior. His clipped, calculating tones were brilliant as the scheming Fouquet. ![]() I knew things were going to be good when he made no attempt at one of those dodgy accents he is prone to. Could he really have been so rude to his wife in public? It was so outrageous that 'you couldn't make it up'! So it must be true! The main attraction was of course McGoohan and he did not disappoint. The scenes of the Sun Kings' soirées at his châteaux were splendidly staged and, one can only hope, historically accurate. ![]() McGoohan is Number 2 to Chamberlain's Number 6 (Moor-Larkin): I had never read Dumas' novel, or made it through any filmed versions before, so only had the vaguest notion of what the story was about.
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