 Eventually the film's title was changed to "The Fifth Musketeer" although the final movie had no affiliation with the hit Richard Lester films "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" other than their all being based on Dumas stories, the title was chosen to capitalize on the recent success of those films and inform audiences that it was the same characters involved in the plot.Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" wrote, "Though 'The Fifth Musketeer' is loaded with intrigue, duels, large scale swordplay, heavy costumes and heavier décor, it is singularly without style or even excitement.In the center of it, Mr. Bridges the younger seems bewildered in the manner of someone unsure of his real identity."