If I Were King

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If I Were King
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Produced by Frank Lloyd
Written by Justin Huntly McCarthy (play)
Preston Sturges
Starring Ronald Colman
Basil Rathbone
Running time 101 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

If I Were King is a 1938 film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet Francois Villon. It is based on the play of the same name by Justin Huntly McCarthy.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Francois Villon (Ronald Colman) is appointed by the King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) to be Constable of France for a week after saving His Majesty from a murder attempt.

Spoilers end here.

The play was also adapted in 1920 as a silent film.[1] In 1925, composer Rudolf Friml and librettists Brian Hooker and W.H. Post turned it into a successful Broadway operetta, The Vagabond King, which featured the songs Only a Rose, Some Day, and Song of the Vagabonds. The operetta was filmed twice - in 1930, and in 1956. Both film versions used only a little of Friml's original score.


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