Regie:
Frank LloydScenario:
Preston SturgesCamera:
Theodor SparkuhlMuziek:
Richard HagemanActeurs:
Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C.V. France, Henry Wilcoxon, Stanley Ridges, Bruce Lester, Walter Kingsford, Alma Lloyd (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Colman is without peer in his portrayal of the famous French poet and ne'er-do-well Francois Villon, who lived among the rabble of 15th century Paris. During a tavern brawl, he kills the oppressive Grand Constable of Paris. and the intellectual troublemaker is brought before the cunning King Louis XI (Rathbone). In a shrewd move, Rathbone thinks to satisfy his downtrodden people by elevating their champion to an all-powerful post, one where he can improve conditions he has so loudly condemned. If he fails, he will be executed for his past transgressions. He only has a week to perform the miracle. While at court, strutting in his new princely finery, Colman meets and falls in love with noblewoman Dee. He soon wins her heart, but he is still likely to lose his head. An army of Burgundians advancing on Paris provides a respite. When the royal army fails to stop the invaders, Colman rallies the peasants of Paris and leads them into battle, routing the would-be conquerors. A grateful Rathbone pardons Colman for his past sins against the crown and sends him into exile instead of to the headsman. He is also given Dee's hand in marriage. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
![Ronald Colman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676225_9cbc2f.jpg)
Ronald Colman
Groot Brittanië
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The Talk of the Town (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Lost Horizon (1937)
![Basil Rathbone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268087_79a953.jpg)
Basil Rathbone
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
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Wij zijn geen engelen (1955)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
![Frances Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/118/162118782_d40fcc.jpg)
Frances Dee
USA
Beste films:
Come and Get It (1936)
Little Women (1933)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
![Ellen Drew](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505389_25a2da.jpg)
Ellen Drew
USA
Beste films:
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Christmas in July (1940)
C.V. France
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
![Henry Wilcoxon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386795_0e023a.jpg)
Henry Wilcoxon
Beste films:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
De tien Geboden (1956)
![Stanley Ridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000160_48dc63.jpg)
Stanley Ridges
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
Gevaarlijk spel (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
![Bruce Lester](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011789_ecec9b.jpg)
Bruce Lester
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Beste films:
The Letter (1940)
Mans jacht (1941)
Gouden oorringen (1947)
![Walter Kingsford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/897/159897823_2545f6.jpg)
Walter Kingsford
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Carefree (1938)
![Alma Lloyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448077_f54307.jpg)
Alma Lloyd
USA
Beste films:
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Dangerous (1935)
![Sidney Toler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037407_8ec075.jpg)
Sidney Toler
USA
Beste films:
Double Wedding (1937)
Our Relations (1936)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
![Colin Tapley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/620/161620641_fab50b.jpg)
Colin Tapley
Nieuw-Zeeland
Beste films:
The Dam Busters (1955)
De scharlaken tunieken (1940)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
![Ralph Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003892_b80407.jpg)
Ralph Forbes
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
Stage Door (1937)
De hond van de Baskervilles (1939)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
![John Miljan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496802_f6e790.jpg)
John Miljan
USA
Beste films:
De tien Geboden (1956)
Juarez (1939)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
![William Haade](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/952/159952326_58cb3e.gif)
William Haade
USA
Beste films:
Convooi naar Moermansk (1943)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Adrian Morris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726555_a8a36b.jpg)
Adrian Morris
USA
Beste films:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Montagu Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312436_7c582f.jpg)
Montagu Love
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
The Wind (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
![Lester Matthews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228283_c78ffc.jpg)
Lester Matthews
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
The Name of the Game (1968) (serie)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
![William Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/077/158077995_e7cbd7.jpg)
William Farnum
USA
Beste films:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Crusades (1935)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
![Paul Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000157_558b5a.jpg)
Paul Harvey
USA
Beste films:
Sabrina (1954)
De tien Geboden (1956)
Obsessie (1945)