François Villon

John Barrymore

King Louis XI

Conrad Veidt

The Abbess

Jane Winton

Margot

Rose Dione

Duke of Orleans

Bertram Grassby

Tristan l'Hermite

Dick Sutherland

Baby Francois (uncredited)

Dickie Moore

Nicholas

Mack Swain

Charlotte de Vauxcelles

Marceline Day

Duke of Burgundy

Lawson Butt

Thibault d'Aussigny

Henry Victor

Jehan

Slim Summerville

Beppo - the Dwarf

Angelo Rossitto

Astrologer

Nigel De Brulier

Villon's Mother

Lucy Beaumont

Olivier

Otto Matieson

Art Direction

William Cameron Menzies

Director

Alan Crosland

Screenplay

Paul Bern

Director of Photography

Joseph H. August

Editor

Hal C. Kern

Production Manager

Walter Mayo

Assistant Director

Gordon Hollingshead