François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
John Barrymore
as François Villon
Conrad Veidt
as King Louis XI
Marceline Day
as Charlotte de Vauxcelles
Lawson Butt
as Duke of Burgundy
Henry Victor
as Thibault d'Aussigny
Slim Summerville
as Jehan
Angelo Rossitto
as Beppo - the Dwarf
Nigel De Brulier
as Astrologer
Lucy Beaumont
as Villon's Mother
Otto Matieson
as Olivier
Jane Winton
as The Abbess
Rose Dione
as Margot
