The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)

Frank Finlay: Porthos

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• Porthos : You know, it strikes me that we would be better employed wringing Milady's pretty neck than shooting these poor devils of Protestants. I mean, what are we killing them for? Because they sing psalms in French and we sing them in Latin?

  Aramis : Porthos, have you no education? What do you think religious wars are all about?

• Porthos : [a bullet shatters his wine glass]  This wine does not travel well.

• Aramis : [to D'Artagnan]  Let us rescue your mistress. It's the very least one can do for a friend.

  D'Artagnan : If she can stay with the Sisters

  [in a convent] 

  D'Artagnan : while we're at La Rochelle...

  Porthos : I'm sure they'll learn a great deal from each other.

• Rochefort : [the Musketeers has just rescued him from a firing squad]  Not before time, musketeers!

  Porthos : Who hurries to rescue a spy? And a Cardinal's spy?

• Porthos : [to Constance after the three musketeers have dropped her off at the convent]  Don't let them get you into any dirty habits!

• Swiss Officer : Warm work, gentlemen. And where were the Musketeers?

  Aramis : At our prayers, sir, like good Christians!

  Swiss Officer : Ha! By God, sir, so was I! And with good reason. That bastion was buzzing like a beehive.

  Athos : And yet you did not stay for breakfast, sir.

  Swiss Officer : Neither would you.

  Athos : Hmm. Will you bet on that? I'll wager you, better more I will wager you the finest dinner on this camp that my friends and I will have breakfast on that bastion, now.

  Swiss Officer : [laughs]  Done. Done! Do you hear that, Spengler? You and I will eat that big dinner alone, I think!

  D'Artagnan : What is it? What's new?

  Porthos : Ah. Our good friends Athos proposes to have us killed for breakfast. Up yonder.

  D'Artagnan : What?

  Athos : Planchet, get me a basket, some bread, and four cold chickens. Ham, some oysters, and eight bottles of wine, now.

  Planchet : Oh fine.

  Porthos : And make the wine champagne.

  Aramis : At breakfast? Oh my dear Porthos.

• Athos : [the Musketeers have captured MiLady]  As the Comte de la Fere; with the rights of high, middle and low justice, I accuse this woman of the murder of Constance de Bonacieux. How say you?

  Aramis : Death.

  Porthos : Death.

  D'Artagnan : [Hesitating]  Death.

  Athos : Death.

  MiLady DeWinter : No! You have no power of justice over me! D'Artagnan! If you love me; do not let them do this!

  Athos : Make one move to save her, D'Artagnan and we will cross swords; and this time, I swear I will kill you.

• Porthos : Stupid woman, you see, becoming infatuated with an Englishman.

• Porthos : We were young and carefree, a gentleman Musketeer should be!

• Porthos : There was work! Fighting in the King's service against the Protestant rebels of La Rochelle. You see, we and the King and Cardinal were trying to teach the rebels the meaning of Christian charity by bombarding them into surrender. What? Well, what better way to deal with those rascals with their working class ideas about religion.

• Porthos : Revenge is what Milady wanted. Dreadful woman.

• Porthos : Ah, that was in the old days, when we were, in deed, one for all and all for one!