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''Tutti per uno... botte per tutti'', internationally released as ''The Three Musketeers of the West'', is a 1973 Italian
spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
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comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Bruno Corbucci Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci, and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died. The vast majority o ...
. It is a western-comedy version of
Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...
' novel ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...
''. It has been described as "one of the craziest Spaghetti Westerns ever made" and "an over the top comedy vehicle from start to finish".Lee Broughton, "The Three Musketeers of the West", ''Westerns… all'Italiana!'', Issue 74, 2009, p.24


Cast

* Timothy Brent as Dart Jr. * George Eastman as Mc Athos *
Chris Huerta Crisanto Huerta Brieva (26 January 1935 – 28 November 2004), better known as Cris Huerta, was a Portuguese actor. He was sometimes credited as Chris Huerta. Life and career Born in Lisbon, Huerta grew up in Madrid and he studied economics b ...
as Portland *
Leo Anchóriz Leopoldo de Anchóriz Fustel (September 22, 1932 – February 17, 1987) was a Spanish actor and writer, most notable for appearing in Spaghetti Western films. Biography Fustel was born in Almería, Spain on 22 September 1932. His real name ...
as Aramirez * Karin Schubert as Alice * Eduardo Fajardo as The Banker * Hsueh Han as Cin Ciao


See also

* List of Italian films of 1973


References


External links

* 1973 films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Bruno Corbucci Films based on The Three Musketeers Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Italian parody films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films West German films 1970s parody films 1973 comedy films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Western-film-stub