Paramount Pictures presents the 100% Technicolor All-Talking, All-Singing Musical Romance!
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.
- 5.4
- 1930
- Released
- 1h 44m
Dennis King
Francois Villon
Jeanette MacDonald
Katherine
O. P. Heggie
King Louis XI
Lillian Roth
Huguette
Warner Oland
Thibault
Arthur Stone
Oliver the barber
Tom Ricketts
The Astrologer
Lawford Davidson
Tristan
Christian J. Frank
Executioner
Elda Voelkel
Girl
Dorothy Davis
BrunetteThora Waverly
BrunetteCecile Cameron
BrunetteJean Douglas
BlondeEugenia Woodbury
BlondeRae Murray
BlondeBlanche Thompson
BlondeFrances Waverly
BlondeGloria Faythe
PageTheresa Allen
PageSue Patterson
PageWilliam H. Taylor
Iris Adrian
Extra
Leon Beaumon
Extra
Nelson McDowell
MessengerReleased
en
$1,200,000.00
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- #invasion
- #romance
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- #medieval
Reviews
King Louis XI of France (the competent O.P. Heggie) hasn't his problems to seek. The Burgundians are at the gates of Paris and his subjects within are all a bit disgruntled. They are being stirred up by the rebellious poet "Villon" (Dennis King) who repeatedly suggests that Louis is an incompetent fool. He voices those opinions a bit too freely one evening and finds himself arrested by none other