The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue (1927)

François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

Date of release
1927-03-12
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama, Action, Adventure, History
Director
Alan Crosland

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: If I Were King

The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent romantic adventure film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists.

Production

According to "Hazard of the Game", an episode of the Thames documentary Hollywood, Paul Malvern, John Barrymore's stunt double, insisted on extensively testing a stunt involving a catapult and a net with sandbags before performing it himself, because he had doubts about the initial mathematics used for coordinating the stunt.

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