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The Three Muscatels is a film of genre Comedy released in USA on 1 november 1991 with Richard Pryor
The Three Muscatels (1991)
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Add to a movie listThe Three Muscatels is a 1991 film starring Richard Pryor. The film is a comedic play on the more famous story of The Three Musketeers.
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Donna Bon Viant (Belaine) is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her African American literature class. She chooses to base her writings on the famous novel of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. Donna begins to read the novel and falls asleep in the process. She dreams a zany dream involving the adventures of "The Three Muscatels". The adventures include a number of people in Donna's life including students in her class, members of her family, and an alcoholic she met earlier in the day named Russell (Pryor).Actors
Richard Pryor
(Narrator / Wino / Bartender)
Reynaldo Rey
(King Alberto Nacho)
Joe Torry
(Andre Squire)
Roy Fegan
(Puablo the Traitor)
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