If I Were King (1938)
1h 41m
Running Time
September 28, 1938Release Date
If I Were King (1938)
1h 41m
Running Time
September 28, 1938Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Colman
François Villon
Basil Rathbone
Louis XI
Frances Dee
Katherine de Vaucelles
Ellen Drew
Huguette
C. V. France
Father Villon
Henry Wilcoxon
Captain of the Watch
Heather Thatcher
The Queen
Stanley Ridges
Rene de Montigny
Bruce Lester
Noel de Jolys
Alma Lloyd
Colette
Walter Kingsford
Tristan l'Hermite
Sidney Toler
Robin Turgis
Colin Tapley
Jehan LeLoup
Ralph Forbes
Oliver le Dain
John Miljan
Thibaut d'Aussigny
William Haade
Guy Tabarie
Adrian Morris
Colin de Cayeulx
Montagu Love
General Dudon
Lester Matthews
General Saliere
William Farnum
General Barbezier
Paul Harvey
Burgundian Herald
Barry Macollum
Storehouse Watchman
May Beatty
Anna
Winter Hall
Major Domo
Francis McDonald
Casin Cholet
Ann Evers
Lady-in-Waiting
Jean Fenwick
Lady-in-Waiting
Jimmy Aubrey
Drunk (uncredited)
Guy Bellis
Third Officer (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Chief Steward (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Parisian Peasant (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Beggar (uncredited)
Henry Brandon
Soldier (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Restraining Guard (uncredited)
Marie Burton
Girl (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton
Old Woman (uncredited)
David Clyde
First Officer (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Burgundian Knight (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Spy (uncredited)
Paula DeCardo
Dancer (uncredited)
Jane Dewey
Maid (uncredited)
Shorty English
Beggar (uncredited)
Ralph Faulkner
First Watch (uncredited)
Norah Gale
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
John George
Beggar (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Soldier (uncredited)
Darryl Hickman
Child (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Burgundian Knight (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Beggar (uncredited)
Major Kieffer
Burgundian Knight (uncredited)
Claude King
Courtier (uncredited)
Judith King
Girl (uncredited)
Stanley King
Captain of Archers (uncredited)
Ian Maclaren
Beggar (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Court Member (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Ruffian
Clive Morgan
Second Officer (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Beggar (uncredited)
Carol Parker
Girl (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Ruffian (uncredited)
Ruth Rogers
Girl (uncredited)
John Roy
Restraining Guard (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Cook (uncredited)
Charles Schaeffer
Third Watch (uncredited)
Louise Seidel
Girl (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Parisian Peasant (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli
Court Member (uncredited)
Dan Strebel
Second Watch (uncredited)
Evan Thomas
Officer (uncredited)
Cheryl Walker
Girl (uncredited)
Robert Wegner
Fourth Watch (uncredited)
Pat West
Bit Part (uncredited)
Dorothy White
Girl (uncredited)
Gloria Williams
Girl (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Beggar (uncredited)
Frank Lloyd
Director / Producer
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Theatre Play
Hugh Bennett
Editor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Loren L. Ryder
Sound
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Lou Smith
Associate Producer / Additional Writing
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Richard Hageman
Original Music Composer
William Tummel
Assistant Director
A. E. Freudeman
Interior Designer
John Cope
Sound
Harold Lewis
Sound
Gordon Jennings
Visual Effects / Special Effects
Lothrop B. Worth
Assistant Camera
Boris Morros
Music Director
Lucien Cailliet
Orchestrator
Milan Roder
Additional Music
Adolph Zukor
Presenter
Waldo Twitchell
Researcher
Guy Bennett
Additional Camera
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
Gaston Valcourt
Dialogue Coach
Harry Scott
Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 28, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
paris france
based on novel or book
poet
king
turncoat
15th century
imprisonment
cowardice
romance
torture
impersonation
nobility
starvation
poor
battle of wits
thieves
leadership
witty
ideals
besieged city
rabble
Wiki.
If I Were King is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, and was directed by Frank Lloyd, with a screenplay adaptation by Preston Sturges.
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